Myrtle Hill Plantation House

	Myrtle Hill Plantation House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	On Myrtle Hill Road, about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southeast of Gloster
Nearest city	Gloster, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°09′41″N 93°46′05″W / 32.16139°N 93.76802°WCoordinates: 32°09′41″N 93°46′05″W / 32.16139°N 93.76802°W
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	c.1852
Built by	Robbins Brothers
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	74002185
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1974

The Myrtle Hill Plantation House is a historic plantation house located along Myrtle Hill Road, near Gloster, Louisiana in DeSoto Parish.

The original 40 by 55 feet (12 m × 17 m) house was built by two English brothers using the forced labor of enslaved people between 1835 and 1840. The present building was built in 1852 by Edward Riggs. The walls are framed with 3 by 6 inches (0.076 m × 0.152 m) rough-sawn or hand-hewn posts.^[2]^[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1974.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "Myrtle Hill Plantation House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 4, 2018. with two photos and a map
^ Ray P. Oden, Sr. (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Myrtile Hill Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 31, 2018. With seven photos from 1963-73.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[ladoc-2] "Myrtle Hill Plantation House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 4, 2018. with two photos and a map

[nrhpdoc-3] Ray P. Oden, Sr. (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Myrtile Hill Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 31, 2018. With seven photos from 1963-73.

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Myrtle Hill Plantation House

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