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Cherie Quarters Cabins
Cherie Quarters Cabins is located in Louisiana
Cherie Quarters Cabins
Nearest cityOscar, Louisiana
Coordinates30°36′03″N 91°26′10″W / 30.60083°N 91.43611°W / 30.60083; -91.43611 (Cherie Quarters Cabins)
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc.1820
NRHP reference No.95000470[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1995

The Cherie Quarters Cabins were two single-story slave cabins which were the only two surviving of thirty or more original cabins on the River Lake (or Riverlake) plantation.[2] Wood-frame buildings supported by brick piers,[2] they were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] A similar cabin was the childhood home of African-American novelist Ernest J. Gaines.[3]

They were located about 400 feet (120 m) apart on Major Lane, about .5 miles (0.80 km) from its intersection with Louisiana Highway 1, and about .4 miles (0.64 km) south of the main house of the plantation.[2]

Riverlake, the main plantation house, is a raised Creole-style built c.1820, which was listed on the National Register in 1983.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d National Register staff, Louisiana State Division of Historic Preservation (January 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cherie Quarters Cabins / River Lake Plantation Cabins". National Park Service. Retrieved January 6, 2024. With accompanying 15 photos from 1995
  3. ^ Carl, Rollyson (December 20, 2023). "As Yoknapatawpha Was to Faulkner, So Cherie Quarters Was to Ernest J. Gaines". The New York Sun. Retrieved January 6, 2024.