White Hall Plantation House

Louisiana, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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White Hall Plantation House is an 1840s Italianate and Greek Revival plantation house located in Legonier, a hamlet on the east bank of the Atchafalaya River in what is now Lettsworth, Louisiana. Built in 1848–49 and attributed to architect Henry Howard, it was constructed by Elias Norwood for Bennet Barton Simmes, a prominent planter, state senator, and founder of Simmesport who contributed to Louisiana's Articles of Secession. During the Civil War, Union General Nathaniel P. Banks commandeered the house as a military headquarters in 1863. The structure was relocated twice during the twentieth century to escape the advancing river, and after a decade-long restoration, the plantation and its gardens opened to the public in late 2013. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.