The Cherie Quarters Cabins are two single-storey slave quarters cabins which are the only two surviving of thirty or more original cabins on the River Lake (or Riverlake) plantation.[2] They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] They served as the childhood home for African-American novelist Ernest J. Gaines.[3]
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| Nearest city | Oscar, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°36′03″N 91°26′10″W / 30.60083°N 91.43611°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c.1820 |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000470[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1995 |
They are wood-frame buildings supported by brick piers.[2]
They are located about 400 feet (120 m) apart on Major Lane, about .5 miles (0.80 km) from its intersection with Louisiana Highway 1, and about .4 miles (0.64 km) south of the main house of the plantation.[2]
Riverlake, the main plantation house, is a raised Creole-style built c.1820, which was listed on the National Register in 1983.[2][1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d National Register staff, Louisiana State Division of Historic Preservation (January 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cherie Quarters Cabins / River Lake Plantation Cabins". National Park Service. Retrieved January 6, 2024. With accompanying 15 photos from 1995
- ^ Carl, Rollyson (December 20, 2023). "As Yoknapatawpha Was to Faulkner, So Cherie Quarters Was to Ernest J. Gaines". The New York Sun. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
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