Dixie in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Dickson Plantation Home

"Woodlawn"

— 1849 —

Dickson Plantation Home Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

1. Dickson Plantation Home Marker

Inscription. Typical of the large river plantations of the mid-nineteenth century, land was owned on both the Caddo and Bossier sides of the Red River. Beginning in 1849 Woodlawn was successively owned by several large land owners of the region, the A.D. Palmer & Michael Dickson families. The Dickson family built a one-story "dogtrot" house in the middle 1800's. In 1889, M.A. Dickson came into possession of the property in Caddo Parish and built the large white two story Colonial home that stand s today. It remained in the Dickson family until 1926, when portions were sold off. The house and part of the land was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Cush in 1972. Woodlawn was passed down to Eleanor Margaret "Penny" Cush and Mary C. Mancini in 2012.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 32° 41.639′ N, 93° 50.096′ W. Marker is in Dixie, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is on Dixie Shreveport Road (State Highway 3049) south of Cornhusker Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8194 Dixie

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Shreveport Rd, Shreveport LA 71107, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: North Plantation (a few steps from this marker); Dixie Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Killarney Farm (approx. ¾ mile away); Caddo Indian Dugout Canoe (approx. 1½ miles away); Mounds Plantation (approx. 2.4 miles away); Louisiana Maneuvers Led by General Patton (approx. 3.7 miles away); Belcher High School (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dixie.

Dickson Plantation Home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 13, 2021

2. Dickson Plantation Home

Credits. This page was last revised on April 22, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 2,076 times since then and 161 times this year. Last updated on April 22, 2022, by Eleanor Cush of Shreveport, Louisiana. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 24, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.