The Oaklawn Plantation is a historic plantation house in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
It is located on the Louisiana Highway 494 East of Natchitoches in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.[2][3]
The mansion was built in 1830 for Narcisse Prudhomme.[4] After his death in 1859, the property was inherited by his son, Achille Prudhomme.[4] Although the plantation survived the Civil War of 1861-1865 intact,[4] after Achille's death, the land was divided into parcels by his heirs and sold off.[4] In 1916, Charles Edgar Cloutier, the husband of Adeline Prudhomme, a great-grandniece of Narcisse Prudhomme, purchased the property.[4]
It is now owned by filmwriter Robert Harling, who used it in his film Steel Magnolias (dir. Herbert Ross, 1989).[4][5]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 28, 1979.