The Dixie Plantation is a Southern plantation with a historic house located in

Franklin, Louisiana Franklin is a small city in and the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,660 at the 2010 census. The city is located on Bayou Teche, southeast of the cities of Lafayette, () and New Iberia () and ) north ...

, USA.

History

The two-story

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was built for Hilarie Carlin circa 1835. It was acquired by Richard A. Wilkins in 1846. Wilkins's sister, Sally, married

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in this house in 1851; he later served as a general in the

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during the

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of 1861–1865. In 1883, it was purchased by Murphy J. Foster, who served as the 31st Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900. It was inherited by his granddaughter, Mrs Langfitt Bowditch Wilby.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the

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since May 29, 1987.

References

Plantation houses in Louisiana Houses in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana {{Louisiana-plantation-stub