Woodland Plantation (West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana)

29°35′2.62″N 89°49′36.83″W / 29.5840611°N 89.8268972°W / 29.5840611; -89.8268972

Woodland Plantation
A Home on the Mississippi, Currier and Ives, 1871
Location21997 LA 23, West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana
Coordinates29°35′2.62″N 89°49′36.83″W / 29.5840611°N 89.8268972°W / 29.5840611; -89.8268972
Built1855
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.98000702
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1998

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; 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.

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