April 30, 2009

In the late 1850s, Lycurgus Johnson began construction on his plantation home, a two-story, seventeen-room, L-shaped Greek Revival house near the Mississippi River in Chicot County. The house, shown here from the side, has survived war, floods, and the ravages of time. In 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was donated to Arkansas State University in 2001, and the university’s Delta Heritage Initiative program oversaw its restoration. Lakeport Plantation house was opened to the public on September 29, 2007.

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