Locust Grove State Historic Site, St. Francisville

Name: Locust Grove State Historic Site
Address: Bains-Ristroph Rd (Cty Rd 19), St. Francisville, United States

#8 among attractions in St. Francisville

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Locust Grove State Historic Site, located near St. Francisville, Louisiana, commemorates a family cemetery that is part of the former Locust Grove Plantation. Locust Grove Plantation was once owned by the family of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis' sister Anna E. Davis Smith. Among the notable figures buried at the cemetery are Sarah Knox Taylor Davis, daughter of General Zachary Taylor and married to Jefferson Davis, and Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a distinguished general who served in the War of 1812. Locust Grove Cemetery was deeded to the Office of State Parks in 1937 by heirs of Mrs Anna E. Davis Smith. ()

Coordinates: 30°50'27"N, 91°20'8"W

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Bains-Ristroph Rd (Cty Rd 19)St. Francisville United States

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Locust Grove State Historic Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rosedown Plantation, Myrtles Plantation, Cottage Plantation, Grace Episcopal Church.

3.7 miSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Rosedown Plantation, St. Francisville
96 min walk • Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site is an 8,000-square-foot historic home and former plantation located in St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States.
4 miSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville
103 min walk • The Myrtles Plantation is a historic home and former antebellum plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States built in 1796 by General David Bradford.
2 miNW
Museum
Cottage Plantation, St. Francisville
52 min walk • The Cottage Plantation is a historic Southern plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, USA. The house was built from 1795 to 1859. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 17, 1975.
5.4 miSW
Church
Grace Episcopal Church, St. Francisville
138 min walk • Grace Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located at St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The congregation was organized in 1827. The present church was completed in 1860, but it was heavily damaged by Union gunboats in 1863, during the Civil War.
3 miSE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Audubon State Historic Site, St. Francisville
76 min walk • Audubon State Historic Site is a state park property in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, between the towns of St. Francisville and Jackson. It is the location where noted ornithologist and artist John James Audubon spent the summer of 1821.
3.3 miSE
Park
Audubon State Historic Site, St. Francisville
85 min walk • Audubon State Historic Site is a state park property in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, between the towns of St. Francisville and Jackson. It is the location where noted ornithologist and artist John James Audubon spent the summer of 1821.