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The Lakeport Plantation house, built in ca. 1859 for Lycurgus and Lydia Johnson, is the only remaining Arkansas antebellum plantation home on the Mississippi River. Lakeport Plantation has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974. In 2001 the home was gifted to Arkansas State University by the Sam Epstein Angel family. In 2002 it was designated as an offical project of the Save America's Treasures Program by the National Park Service and the Naional Trust for Historic Preservation. The Lakeport restoration project followed the standards of the Secretary of Interior and in September 2007, after five years of work, the home opened to the public. Tours of the Lakeport Plantation home are offered at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. Donations of $5, $3 for senior citizens and groups of 10 or more are grealy appreciated. Please call in advance for group tours: 870-265-6031. Click here for a map and directions.
Please call us at 870-265-6031, if you have any questions. Also check out our blog for updates on research, restoration and more at Lakeport Plantation.
The restoration of the Lakeport Plantation house into a museum and public historic site has been funded through grants from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Save America’s Treasures program. |
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