ASU Museum plans weekend trip 
to historic Lakeport Plantation

Jan. 10, 2005--The Arkansas State University Museum and Advisory Council in Jonesboro is sponsoring a “Salute to the Lakeport Plantation” on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14-15. 

The Lakeport Plantation home in Lake Village, Arkansas, is considered one of Arkansas’ premier historic sites (circa 1859).  It was placed on the National Register in 1974. The plantation was designated an official project of the Save America’s Treasures program through the National Park Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2002. 

The site is part of the educational programming for Arkansas State University and other partners. Restoration is being funded through grants from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, the Save America’s Treasures program, and the Arkansas Forestry Commission.

This will be a final opportunity to tour the house in its present state, prior to closing for two years for major restoration work. 

The “Friends of Lakeport” will host the ASU Museum group at a private dinner, with remarks by Dr. Ruth Hawkins, Director of the Lakeport project, and Sam Angel, whose family donated the property to Arkansas State University.

The group will travel by chartered bus to Lake Village, located in the southeast portion of the state, with other cultural stops along the route from Jonesboro. Other highlights include tours of the Delta Cultural Center and the Pillow-Thompson House in Helena, and the Arkansas Post National Memorial near Gillett.

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