Editing Plaquemine, Louisiana (section)

===Tourism===
Plaquemine is noted for a number of antebellum structures that survive within the city limits and along Bayou Road. One of the most noteworthy homes is St. Basil's, a riverfront mansion built by socialite physician Dr. John Scratchley in the 1850s. Now a private residence, the home retains the name St. Basil's from when it was a fashionable convent school.
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The Iberville Museum was built in 1949 as the Iberville Parish Courthouse. The building served as Plaquemine's first city hall, and was the city seat of government until 1985. It now serves as a parish museum, and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://classes.slis.lsu.edu/wu/7008/sp10/ahess/Homework/Project/Pages2/building.html|title= Iberville Museum|publisher= The Museum Building|access-date= December 2, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100707141031/http://classes.slis.lsu.edu/wu/7008/sp10/ahess/Homework/Project/Pages2/building.html|archive-date= July 7, 2010|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://visitiberville.com/attractions/|title= Attractions|publisher=  Iberville Parish |access-date= December 2, 2013}}</ref>

The Plaquemine Lock, constructed from 1895 to 1909, was an important link between the [[Mississippi River]] and the Intracoastal Canal, of which Bayou Plaquemine served as its northern terminus.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/iplaqlock.aspx|title= Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site|publisher= LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE RECREATION AND TOURISM|access-date= December 2, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131203131223/http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/iplaqlock.aspx|archive-date= December 3, 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref> Its design served as the prototype for the [[Panama Canal locks]]; the Plaquemine Lock was shut down in 1961. In 1974, the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] supervised the construction of the [[levee]] that runs across the mouth of Bayou Plaquemine at the Mississippi River. The Plaquemine Lock was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1972. The area now operates as a state park.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ohranger.com/la/plaquemine-lock|title=Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site|publisher=American Park Network|access-date= December 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://plaqlock.wordpress.com/brief-history/|title=Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site|publisher= Word Press |access-date= December 2, 2013}}</ref>