Evan Hall

Evan Hall Slave Cabins
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The slave cabins in 2012
Nearest city	Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°7′5″N 91°2′40″W / 30.11806°N 91.04444°WCoordinates: 30°7′5″N 91°2′40″W / 30.11806°N 91.04444°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1840
NRHP Reference #	83000484[1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1983

Evan Hall is a former sugar plantation in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, U.S. It was established for the production of sugarcane by Evan Jones, a settler, by 1807.^[2] It was later acquired by Henry McCall, a planter from New Orleans, Louisiana, who built a mansion and slave cabins in 1840; McCall owned another plantation in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.^[3] The remaining slave cabins have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 20, 1983.^[4]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Rodriguez, Junius P. (2002). The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 163–164. ISBN 9781576071885. OCLC 48784568.
3. "Collection Title: Henry McCall's Evan Hall Plantation Book, 1773-1835". The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library. UNC University Libraries. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
4. "Evan Hall Slave Cabins". National Park Service. Retrieved August 21, 2016.