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Robert Tebbs, the prominent New York based architectural photographer, traveled to Louisiana in 1926. In a series of two hundred prints, Tebbs documented the existing and often decaying conditions of the plantations homes in southern Louisiana.

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Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation
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Exterior view, columns and gallery. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter. Reuss renamed the plantation "Belle Helene" in honor of his recently born daughter, Helene.
Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation
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Exterior view. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter. Reuss renamed the plantation "Belle Helene" in honor of his recently born daughter, Helene.
Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation
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Exterior view of outer building. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter. Reuss renamed the plantation "Belle Helene" in honor of his recently born daughter, Helene.
Asphodel Plantation
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Antebellum Greek revival architecture built c.1822 by Benjamin and Carolyn Kendrick.
Asphodel Plantation
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Antebellum Greek revival architecture built c.1820 by Benjamin and Carolyn Kendrick. View includes Doric columns, dormer windows, gable roof and brick chimney.
Asphodel Plantation
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Antebellum Greek revival architecture built c.1822 by Benjamin and Carolyn Kendrick.
Avery Island Plantation
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Exterior view including porch and laundry hanging on the clothesline.
Avery Island Plantation
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Avery Island Plantation from a distance, including surrounding landscape.
Bagatelle Plantation
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Exterior view of Greek revival architecture. Bagatelle Plantation was built by the father of Stella Tureaud who married Louis Amadee Bringier a colonel in Scott's Cavalry during the Civil War.
Baldwin Plantation
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Exterior with gallery, dormers and Doric columns.
Beauregard Plantation
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Built in the classical style in 1840. Also known as "Bueno Retiro", the house later took its present name from Judge Rene R Beauregard. Presently used as the visitor center for Chalmette National Historic Park.
Beauregard Plantation
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Built in the classical style in 1840. Also known as "Bueno Retiro", the house later took its present name from Judge Rene R Beauregard. Presently used as the visitor center for Chalmette National Historic Park.
Beauregard Plantation
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Built in the classical style in 1840. Also known as "Bueno Retiro", the house later took its present name from Judge Rene R Beauregard. Presently used as the visitor center for Chalmette National Historic Park.
Beauregard Plantation
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Built in the classical style in 1840. Also known as "Bueno Retiro", the house later took its present name from Judge Rene R Beauregard. Presently used as the visitor center for Chalmette National Historic Park.
Beauregard Plantation
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Built in the classical style in 1840. Also known as "Bueno Retiro", the house later took its present name from Judge Rene R Beauregard. Presently used as the visitor center for Chalmette National Historic Park.
Beauregard Plantation
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Built in the classical style in 1840. Also known as "Bueno Retiro", the house later took its present name from Judge Rene R Beauregard. Presently used as the visitor center for Chalmette National Historic Park.
Belle Alliance Plantation
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View including exterior stairs. Located on the bank of Bayou Lafourche. Built in 1846 by Charles Kock, a Belgian aristocrat. It combines Greek revival with French Quarter features.
Belle Grove Plantation
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Belle Grove Plantation c.1850 with large fluted Corinthian columns, windows.
Belle Grove Plantation
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Belle Grove Plantation c.1850. Exterior view of gallery, fluted Corinthian columns, windows.
Belle Grove Plantation
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Belle Grove Plantation c.1850. Greek revival exterior including steps, fluted Corinthian columns, windows.
Belle Grove Plantation
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Belle Grove Plantation c.1850 exterior close-up of steps, gallery, fluted Corinthian columns, windows.
Belle Grove Plantation
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Belle Grove Plantation c.1850, exterior view gallery, fluted Corinthian columns,and windows.
Belmont Plantation
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View from a distance, including large oak tree. The house was destroyed by fire in 1947.

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