Madewood Plantation House, also known as Madewood, is a former

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, near

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. It is located approximately two miles east of Napoleonville on

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, the 1846 house is architecturally significant as the first major work of Henry Howard, and as one of the finest Greek Revival plantation houses in the

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Description

The Madewood Plantation House is located on the northern bank of

, on manicured grounds separated from the bayou by Highway 308. It is a two-story masonry structure, built with massive brick walls that have been finished with stucco scored to resemble stone blocks. Its five-bay facade is fronted by a six-column Greek Revival temple front, that has Ionic columns rising to a broad entablature and fully pedimented gable with a half-round louver at the center. The second-level gallery has a delicate carved balustrade. The main block is flanked on the right by a rectangular ell, and the left by an L-shaped one that extends beyond the rear of the main block. The interior exhibits high quality woodwork, mostly cypress, with some of it painted to resemble other materials, such as marble, oak, and other exotic woods.

History

The mansion was built for Colonel Thomas Pugh in 1846 and was designed by architect Henry Howard in

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style. The house was originally the manor house for a sugar plantation. Thomas Pugh was the half brother of William Whitmell Hill Pugh who owned the Woodlawn plantation and Alexander Franklin Pugh who was part owner of the Augustin, Bellevue, Boatner, and New Hope plantations. Thomas Pugh died of yellow fever in 1852. During the Civil War, the lawns were used by Union troops as a hospital. The Madewood house was purchased by Harold Marshall in 1964 and underwent major restoration that was completed in 1978. It was declared a

in 1983. Today it is run as a tourist attraction and a

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In popular culture

The plantation has been featured in several film and television productions, including ''

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'' (1978), '' Sister, Sister'' (1987), and '' The Beguiled'' (2017).Louisiana B&B Listing
Portions of Beyonce's visual album ''

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'' (2016) were filmed at the location. The music video for

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's "

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" (2015) was filmed at the plantation.

References

External links

Madewood Plantation House (official site)
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