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45 Located north of St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish, and originally known as China Grove, The Cottage was begun about 1795 on land owned by John Allen (n.d.) and Patrick Holland (n.d.). The oldest, central portion of the main house reflects the Spanish influence in the Felicianas, with low ceilings, one-and-a-half stories, and cypress post-and-beam construction. Judge Thomas Butler (1785–1847) purchased the plantation in 1811. He married Anne Madeline Ellis (b. 1795) in 1813 and enlarged the main house three times, culminating in 1859 with the conjoining of three principal buildings. The central house is more than eighty feet long and forty feet wide, with an L-shaped wing measuring sixty-five feet. As is evident in Tebbs’s photographs, many of the Butler family’s Queen Anne–style furnishings remained on the property. The family owned The Cottage until 1951, when it was purchased by the J. Edward Brown family and converted to a bed-and-breakfast. Although constructed over a long period of time, The Cottage preserves most of its outbuildings and is counted among the most intact antebellum plantations in Louisiana. The Cottage currently operates as a bed-and-breakfast. THE COTTAGE PLANTATION 1795/ca. 1813/1859 The Cottage Plantation (interior with mantel), vintage gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.220b The Cottage Plantation (L-shaped porch), gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.219 The Cottage Plantation (distant view of outbuildings), vintage gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.224 46 @ART:Plates 20, 21, 21A Houmas House (front elevation), vintage gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.276b ...

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