It is located in Legonier, a hamlet on the east bank of the Atchafalaya River, today part of the unincorporated town of Lettsworth, Louisiana.

White Hall's most notable owner and slaveholder was Bennet Barton Simmes, founder of Simmesport, state senator, and contributor to the Louisiana Articles of Secession prior to the Civil War.

[1] Union General Nathaniel P. Banks used the house as a military headquarters in 1863.

In late 2013, after a decade of restoration work, the White Hall Plantation & Gardens were opened to public view for the first time.

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