Woodland Plantation, in

West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana West Pointe à la Hache is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community, which stands on Louisiana Highway 23, is on the southwest bank of the Mississippi River with Pointe à la Hache directly acro ...

, is a historic building and a former plantation house. It is located at 21997

Louisiana Highway 23 Louisiana Highway 23 (LA 23) is a north–south state highway in Louisiana that serves Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes. It spans in roughly a southeast to northwest direction. It is known locally as Belle Chasse Highway and Lafayette ...

in West Pointe à la Hache, in

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Plaquemines Parish ( ; ; ; ) is a Parish (subnational entity), parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 23,515 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the parish seat is Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, Pointe � ...

. This

sugar plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tobacc ...

was once worked by enslaved people. It has been listed on the

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since June 18, 1998. The St. Patrick's Catholic Church was moved to the grounds of the Plantation in 1998 in order to preserve it. The church is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Woodland Plantation is depicted in '' A Home on the Mississippi'', an 1871

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; which later was licensed for use on the label of

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after

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ended. Privately owned, the location has most recently operated as a

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. File:Woodland Plantation (Home on the Mississippi) in 2016.jpg, Woodland in 2016 File:Woodland Plantation Plaquemine Parish - Slave Cabin and Sugar Kettle.jpg, Slave cabin at Woodland

In popular culture

Since the 1930s, the image on the label of Southern Comfort has been a rendering by

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of Currier & Ives' ''A Home on the Mississippi,'' depicting Woodland Plantation. In 2010, Southern Comfort was rebranded and the company dropped the plantation image from the label."Before & After: Southern Comfort Rebranding"
''The Dieline'', May 19, 2010 Celebrity guests have included

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, and

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