Piazza Cotton Gin

The Piazza Cotton Gin is on the Frogmore Plantation at 11656 U.S. Highway 84, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Ferriday, Louisiana in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. The building containing the cotton gin press was built c.1880, while the machinery was added c.1900.[2] The gin itself is a system cotton gin, which was invented by Robert S. Munger. This invention was the second major revolution in cotton processing (after the original gin was invented by Eli Whitney). This example is one of the few (and perhaps the only one) left in existence.

Piazza Cotton Gin
LocationFrogmore Plantation, 11656 US 84, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Ferriday
Nearest cityFerriday, Louisiana
Coordinates31°36′21″N 91°40′10″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1880
Built byGullett Gin Co.; Munger's
Architectural styleCotton Gin
NRHP reference No.99000049[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1999

It is a two-story building with ginning/pressing equipment. It was moved to its current location from across the Mississippi River in Rodney, Mississippi in 1997.[2]

The building is estimated to have been started c.1880 based on square nails used in its construction; some of the equipment bears 1883 and 1884 patent dates.[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. National Register Staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Piazza Cotton Gin". National Park Service. Retrieved February 28, 2019. With 14 photos from 1998.
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