Canebrake (Ferriday, Louisiana)

Canebrake is a historic plantation house in Ferriday, Louisiana. The house was located inside a 531 acre cotton plantation as part of forced-labor operation. The site is west of Mississippi River and east of Lake St. John.

The house was built in c.1840 and has been remodeled in 1850-1860 and in 1910, after the plantation was purchased by Arthur Meserve.

The house and the nearby 8.5 acre area, comprising several outbuildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1982.