Amite City in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Blythewood Plantation

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, Sept 2025

1. Blythewood Plantation Marker

Marker no longer on a post, it hangs from a chain.

Inscription. This turn-of-the-century home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Daniel Hardy Sanders built this Colonial Revival style masterpiece to overlook his 400 acre plantation. From the columned porch, guest enter into the elegance of a bygone era. Blythewood today stands as a proud tribute to the dedication of two sisters, Otys Merle Roberts Kennedy and Mamie Roberts Goldsby.

Erected by The Kennedy Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture • Settlements & Settlers • Women.

Location. 30° 43.867′ N, 90° 29.938′ W. Marker is in Amite City, Louisiana, in Tangipahoa Parish. It is on Daniel Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 Daniel Street, Amite LA 70422, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Florida Parishes

and in Greater New Orleans.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

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 New Spain,

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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Church of the Incarnation (approx. half a mile away); C.P.'s Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); Independence (approx. 6.6 miles away); Loranger High School (approx. 8.7 miles away); Tangipahoa (approx. 9.8 miles

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away); Montpelier (approx. 10.1 miles away); Camp Moore (approx. 10.6 miles away); Camp Moore #2 (approx. 10.6 miles away).

Photographed by Jeff Lovorn, November 18, 2011

2. Blythewood Plantation Marker

Blythewood Plantation image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Lovorn, November 18, 2011

3. Blythewood Plantation

Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2011, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. This page has been viewed 1,895 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 4, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. 2, 3. submitted on November 20, 2011, by Jeff Lovorn of Florence, Mississippi. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.