Oakwold Plantation, Evergreen Louisiana

Oakwold Plantation is set adjacent to Bayou Huffpower roughly four miles east of the town of Bunkie.

Oakwold Plantation home was built about 1835 by William Pearce, the great-great-greatgrandfather of the present owner. Pearce came to the area from Georgia and purchased the site of the house in 1833. According to family tradition he had built the house by Christmas of 1835, and soon after its completion, Sam Houston, who was in the area soliciting funds for his Texas army, paid Oakwold a visit. The parlor where Houston was entertained has long been known as the “Houston Room”

Henry Kemper acquired the house in 1888, modified the plan, and added the great central dormer. In 1897 Porter Wright acquired the house, further modified the plan and added the present porch. Eight generations of the same family have lived at Oakwold.

Louisiana Historical Registry

http://www.crt.state.la.us/hp/nhl/document2.asp?name=05021001.pdf&title=Oakwold+Plantation+House