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for: Search Home About Projects Resources Restoration Climate Control: Exterior Climate Control: Interior Door Restoration The Floorcloth Historic Paint Analysis Mantel Restoration Preserving Original Decorative Finishes Re-Creating Original Decorative Finishes Rose Window Smokehouse Re-Creation Visit Virtual Tour Local Attractions History Timeline Overview by Tom DeBlack The Setting Early History of the Region The Johnsons of Lakeport Those Who Labored Chicot County Enslaved Laborer Deed Record Database News Blog Newsletter Links Local Attractions Area Restaurants & Accommodations Arkansas State University Heritage Sites Arkansas Tourism and Preservation Resources Mississippi Preservation Resources Support Volunteering at Lakeport Restoration Team Contact Home About Projects Resources Restoration Climate Control: Exterior Climate Control: Interior Door Restoration The Floorcloth Historic Paint Analysis Mantel Restoration Preserving Original Decorative Finishes Re-Creating Original Decorative Finishes Rose Window Smokehouse Re-Creation Visit Virtual Tour Local Attractions History Timeline Overview by Tom DeBlack The Setting Early History of the Region The Johnsons of Lakeport Those Who Labored Chicot County Enslaved Laborer Deed Record Database News Blog Newsletter Links Local Attractions Area Restaurants & Accommodations Arkansas State University Heritage Sites Arkansas Tourism and Preservation Resources Mississippi Preservation Resources Support Volunteering at Lakeport Restoration Team Contact Search for: Search Music Room Restored Mantel and Cotton in August Section of Original Floorcloth in the Entry Hall North Parlor with Family Genealogy Exhibits Johnson Family at Lakeport ca 1925 Salvaged Artifacts from Lakeport Restoration Ice Tongs and Opera Glasses Belonging to Johnson Relatives Mandy Thompson and Fannie Dorsey Outside Lakeport’s Kitchen, ca 1915 Lakeport Servery Off the Dining Room Lakeport Plantation During Cotton Harvest Season Lakeport is currently offering Guided Tours on the hour Monday – Friday from 9 am – 3 pm. Self-Guided Tours are Monday – Friday from 9 am – 3:30 pm. Summer 2024 Hours May 20, 2024 to August 31, 2024 Guided Tours on the hour Monday – Saturday from 9 am – 3 pm. Self-Guided Tours are Monday – Saturday from 9 am – 3:30 pm. Lakeport will be closed Monday, May 27, 2024 for Memorial Day. We apologize for any inconvenience. Notice on GPS directions to Lakeport — If possible, avoid the levee. Click here for directions. house, built in 1859 on the Mississippi River in Chicot County, Arkansas, is a gem in the Delta. Having escaped extensive remodeling in the 20th Century, Lakeport retains many of its original architectural features . Preserved and restored by Arkansas State University, the National Register, Greek Revival home is one of Arkansas’s premiere historic structures. Today, the plantation’s stories of slavery, sharecropping, and the Johnson family are told in the house and grounds through guided tours and our AASLH award-winning exhibits . Open year-round! • Lakeport Plantation Hours & Visitor Information Lakeport is in the Delta near Lake Village, AR and Greenville, MS. Lakeport was gifted to Arkansas State University by the Sam Epstein Angel family in 2001. The five-year restoration of the Lakeport Plantation house into a museum and public historic site has been funded through grants from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Save America’s Treasures program. An official Interpretive Center of the Great River Road National Scenic Byway 601 Hwy 142 Lake Village, AR 71653 Telephone: 870-265-6031 Arkansas Heritage Sites Arkansas State University P. O. Box 2050 State University, AR 72467 Telephone: 870-972-2803 Fax:...