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55 The Shades (also known as Scott House or Scott Plantation) is located near Wilson in East Feliciana Parish. William Rochelle, Jr. (n.d.) built the house for Alexander Scott (1780–1844) in 1808. Scott had established the plantation in 1796. Like a handful of plantations in East Feliciana Parish, including Lane Plantation (ca. 1830) and Oakland (ca. 1835), The Shades resembles Carolina “I” houses, distinguished by a wide gallery on the first floor and chimneys at each end. Scott, who had moved to Louisiana from Black Mingo, South Carolina, no doubt selected the style to reflect his English heritage. Doric columns, an Adams mantel, and twelve-pane windows are key features. Scott’s son, Major Gustavus Adolphus Scott (1832–1863), inherited the house, followed by his granddaughter, Eva Scott (1877–1961). She worked the plantation with her aunt, Kate Scott (d. 1936), and then alone until her death. Scott House is a private residence today. Tebbs’s approach here, characterized by an integrative approach to buildings and landscape architecture, resembles his earlier work on suburban houses. THE SHADES 1808 The Shades (side elevation), gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.127b 56 Old Hickory Plantation (plantation bell with outbuildings and main house in background), gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.018 ...

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