Dortch Plantation
historic house in Arkansas, United States
The Dortch Plantation, also known as the William P. Dortch House or the Marlsgate Plantation, is an historic house near Scott, Arkansas. Dortch House is the only plantation home in Arkansas that is fully furnished in the antebellum period style and available for tours and private events.
The house and parts of the plantation were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The NRHP listing was increased in 1979 to cover additional building(s) dating from 1888.
History
The original plantation property, totaling 1,600 acres, was a wedding gift to Mr. and Mrs. Dortch by Mrs. Dortch's parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Steele. The first house on the Dortch Plantation was built by the Dortches in 1888.
The Dortch Planation eventually expanded to over 7,000 acres with cotton, rice, corn and soy beans under cultivation.
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