A nearly 200-year-old plantation in central Louisiana is not only a national historic landmark, but it became an artist colony that inspired a well-known Louisiana folk artist.

Melrose Plantation stands on La. 119, about a quarter-mile from the church. It's where Clementine worked the first part of her life as a farm laborer, then in the big house's kitchen.

MELROSE, La. - In honor of Black History Month, Rick Rowe visited the historic Melrose Plantation in southern Natchitoches Parish.

Cammie Henry came from a wealthy family and was a longtime owner of the historic Melrose Plantation in Central, Louisiana. Throughout her life in Melrose, she was an avid scrapbooker.

Clementine Hunter was in her 50s and working as a cook at Melrose Plantation when she first picked up a paintbrush.

Melrose Plantation is a nearly 200-year-old National Historic Landmark located on Cane River Lake in central Louisiana that was home to folk artist Clementine Hunter.

Melrose Quilt depicts buildings at the Melrose plantation in Natchitoches Parish, in Central Louisiana, where Hunter and her family moved to work as sharecroppers. She represents the Big House in the ...

A copy of the Melrose Plantation Cookbook by Clementine Hunter and Francois Mignon. The book is paperback and bound with a plastic binding comb on the left spine. The front and back cover are ...

Fans will remember the plantation was once home to Artist Clementine Hunter, whose works are in the Smithsonian, her home installed on the Melrose grounds.

A century ago, Cammie Henry -- the widowed owner of Louisiana’s Melrose Plantation -- created a retreat for famous Southern writers and artists.

The first phase of a $180,000 restoration of the African House at Melrose Plantation is underway through partnerships providing expertise and hard-to-find tools.

Gain insight into the auction performance of Hunter Clementine . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according to the ...