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65 Asphodel Plantation was established on Carr’s Creek in East Feliciana Parish near Clinton in 1820. The main house was built between 1822 and about 1833 for North Carolinians Benjamin Kendrick (1779–1838) and his wife, Caroline (née Pollard; 1795–1833). They derived the name “Asphodel” from the Greek word for daffodils, which grow in abundance on the property. The main house is built in the Greek Revival style, featuring a Doric colonnade painted white to resemble marble, two brick wings covered in white plaster, and a wide front gallery. A high gabled roof with dormer windows accentuates the second story. Unlike most plantation houses built at the time, Asphodel has no central hall. It is also comparatively small. Kendrick’s daughter Isabella (1816–1875) inherited the house just before her marriage to David Jones Fluker (1807–1854) in 1833. John James Audubon had been Isabella’s tutor when he lived at nearby Oakley Plantation. Federal troops twice tried to burn the house down during the Civil War, but it survived relatively unscathed. Kate and Sarah Smith, relatives of the Flukers, next lived in the house for nearly thirty-five years. Following the death of the Smith sisters , the house was unoccupied until Mr. and Mrs. John Fetzer purchased it in 1948. They completed a restoration of the home in 1953. In 1958, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Couhig bought the house, and a relative, Mrs. E. B. Briggs, Jr., then owned the home until 1999, after investing in a restoration . Asphodel is a private residence but may be visited. The Long Hot Summer, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, and Joanne Woodward, was filmed there. As with other of his plantation photos, Tebbs treated the exterior with a much freer aesthetic outlook, while the interior is tightly composed. ASPHODEL PLANTATION 1820/1833 Asphodel Plantation (carved elliptical fan motif below a window with a ruler), vintage gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.130b Asphodel Plantation (three-quarter view), vintage gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.135b.1 66 Pleasant View Plantation (front elevation from a distance), gelatin silver print, Louisiana State Museum, 1956.087.211 ...

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