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^[[+ [ ]][[underline]]PARLANGE PLANTATION[[/underline]], New Roads, Louisiana[[ ] ]]

^[[checkmark]] [[red dot]][[underline]]79[[/underline]]. [[bracketed]]Parlange Plantation House, built in the late years of the 18th century,[[/bracketed]] record says entirely by slave labor, wide with low broad porches; [[bracketed]]it typifies the generous living of its time. A circle of live oaks frames the building and the driveway is bordered by beautiful cedars.[[/bracketed]]

^[[checkmark]] [[red dot]] [[underline]]80[[/underline]]. Many of the old Louisiana plantations have dove-cotes and other details highly reminiscent of Europe. This [[underline]] pigeonniere [[/underline]], charming in every proportion, is one of the two on the[[underline]] Parlange[[underline]] plantation, the grounds of which were laid out in the latter part of the 18th century by the ancestor of the present owner with the help of a French gardener. This gardener, ^[[(]]who, tradition says was trained in Les Jardin des Plantes,^[[)]] laid out a formal French garden with walks through the 20 acre park which surrounded the house. 
[[par. indent]]Today the parterre garden[[insertion]],[[/insertion]]which survives[[insertion]],[[/insertion]]is gay with lilies, roses, camellias and sweet olives.

^[[checkmark]] [[underline]]OAK ALLEE[[/underline]]

^[[X]] [[red dot]][[underline]]81[[/underline]]. [[bracketed]]Oak Allee lies in the "Sugar Bowl of Louisiana,fifty-eight miles above New Orleans. ^[[(]]The original owner was Alexander Roman, second governor of Louisiana.^[[)]]
[[par. indent]]The house, of the Greek Revival type has 28 Doric columns and is shaded by magnificent live oaks.[[/bracketed]] An
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