List of plantations in Arkansas

This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Arkansas that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.

Arkansas does not have any plantations listed as National Historic Landmarks.

Color key Historic register listing
National Register of Historic Places
Contributing property to a National Register of Historic Places historic district
Arkansas Register of Historic Places
Arkansas Century Farm (Arkansas Department of Agriculture)
Not listed on national or state register
Historic register/
Reference number
Name Image Locality County Notes
75000397 Dortch Plantation Scott
34°42′55″N 92°03′13″W / 34.715278°N 92.053611°W / 34.715278; -92.053611 (Dortch Plantation)
Lonoke Also known as Marlsgate Plantation.[1]
72000201 Frog Level Bussey
33°16′43″N 93°21′01″W / 33.278611°N 93.350278°W / 33.278611; -93.350278 (Frog Level)
Columbia [2]
95001141 John P. Fisher House Portland
33°14′19″N 91°32′16″W / 33.238611°N 91.537778°W / 33.238611; -91.537778 (John P. Fisher House)
Ashley Also known as the Moats House[3]
Florence Plantation Harwood
33°10′44″N 91°09′07″W / 33.179°N 91.152°W / 33.179; -91.152 (Florence Plantation)
Chicot [4]
74000466 Lakeport Plantation Shives vicinity
33°15′24″N 91°09′19″W / 33.256667°N 91.155278°W / 33.256667; -91.155278 (Lakeport Plantation)
Chicot Opened as a museum by Arkansas State University in 2008. Preserved as part of Save America's Treasures program.[5]
78000597 Roselawn Altheimer
34°18′26″N 91°51′34″W / 34.307222°N 91.859444°W / 34.307222; -91.859444 (Roselawn)
Jefferson [6]
Sunnyside Plantation Lake Village
33°19′00″N 91°14′00″W / 33.316667°N 91.233333°W / 33.316667; -91.233333 (Sunnyside Plantation)
Chicot [7]
78000596 The Elms Altheimer
34°18′15″N 91°50′33″W / 34.304167°N 91.8425°W / 34.304167; -91.8425 (The Elms)
Jefferson Now used as a duck hunting lodge in the Mississippi Flyway.[8]
Wilson Wilson
35°33′58″N 90°02′35″W / 35.566111°N 90.043056°W / 35.566111; -90.043056 (Wilson)
Mississippi Wilson started as a company town in 1886 by Robert E. Lee Wilson for workers on the Wilson estate[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Dortch Plantation". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Frog Level". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Zollner, Patrick (September 29, 1995). "NRHP nomination for John P. Fisher House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ Whayne, Jeannie M., ed. (1993). Shadows Over Sunnyside, an Arkansas Plantation in Transition 1840-1945. Arkansas Historical Association. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-61075-376-0.
  5. ↑ "Lakeport Plantation timeline". Lakeport Plantation. Arkansas Heritage Sites, Arkansas State University. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Roselawn". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Milani, Ernesto R. (Spring 1991). "Peonage at Sunnyside and the Reaction of the Italian Government". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 50 (1): 30–39. doi:10.2307/40022327. JSTOR 40022327.
  8. ↑ "NRHP nomination for The Elms". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Story of Lee Wilson and Company". Lee Wilson & Company. p. 3. Retrieved April 4, 2012.