Moro Plantation House

Moro Plantation House is located in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. It is just north of Louisiana Highway 566, three miles west of U.S. 65 & three and one half miles west of Waterproof, Louisiana. It was built in about 1839 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Moro Plantation House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Waterproof, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°48′54″N 91°25′55″W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	c.1839
Architect	Murchison, Jane; Buck, Theophilus
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	82000468[1]
Added to NRHP	October 5, 1982

It is a two-story Greek Revival plantation house in delta farmland facing Muddy Bayou near the Mississippi River. It was built as a central hall plan with brick on the ground floor and frame construction on the upper story. It has "outstanding interior woodwork", the finest in the parish, in its four upper story main rooms.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Moro Plantation House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1982. Retrieved June 23, 2017. with photo and two maps