Woodland Plantation (West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana)

{{short description|Historic house in Louisiana, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{coord|29|35|2.62|N|89|49|36.83|W|display=title}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Woodland Plantation

| nrhp_type =

| image = A Home on the Mississippi.png

| caption = A Home on the Mississippi, Currier and Ives, 1871Commissioned by the U.S. government as part of a documentary program on the Mississippi River, by Alfred Waud depicting Woodland Plantation (Dolan, Michael (2004). The American Porch, p.152. The Lyons Press. {{ISBN|1-59228-271-7}}.

| location = 21997 LA 23, West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana

| locmapin = Louisiana#USA

| area =

| coordinates = {{coord|29|35|2.62|N|89|49|36.83|W}}

| built = 1855

| architect =

| architecture = Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival

| added = June 18, 1998

| refnum = 98000702

{{NRISref|2007a}}

}}

File:Southern Comfort.jpg

Woodland Plantation, in West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, is a historic building and a former plantation house. It is located at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 in West Pointe à la Hache, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. This sugar plantation was once worked by enslaved people. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 18, 1998.

The St. Patrick's Catholic Church was moved to the grounds of the Plantation in 1998 in order to preserve it. The church is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Woodland Plantation is depicted in A Home on the Mississippi, an 1871 lithograph;{{Cite web |title=Woodland Plantation, State Route 23, West Pointe A La Hache, Plaquemines Parish, LA |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/la0366/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Library of Congress}} which later was licensed for use on the label of Southern Comfort after Prohibition ended. Privately owned, the location has most recently operated as a bed and breakfast.{{Cite web |title=Venice, Louisiana |url=https://www.latimes.com/la-trw-venice10jun10-pg-photogallery.html |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |quote=The home, which sits on the west bank of the Mississippi, is now a bed-and-breakfast that serves anglers returning to the mouth of the Mississippi to get in some sports fishing.}}

File:Woodland Plantation (Home on the Mississippi) in 2016.jpg|Woodland in 2016

File:Woodland Plantation Plaquemine Parish - Slave Cabin and Sugar Kettle.jpg|Slave cabin at Woodland