Blaze destroys ArkLaTex wedding venue (KSLA News 12 file photo) (Source: KSLA News 12) By Curtis Heyen | April 7, 2021 at 9:57 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 11:33 PM
WEBSTER PARISH, La. (KSLA) A blaze destroyed an ArkLaTex wedding venue.
The fire occurred the afternoon of Wednesday, April 7 at Azalee Plantation in the 2000 block of Harold Montgomery Road in the Webster Parish village of Doyline.
Webster Fire District 3 reports that no one was injured.
Bradley Bates, who lived there with his wife and son, told KSLA News 12 that no one was home at the time of the fire but that they did lose three dogs that were inside.
Historic plantation destroyed by fire
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DOYLINE, Louisiana (KTBS) A historic home turned popular wedding venue was reduced to charred rubble Wednesday afternoon when a fire razed the almost 180-year-old structure.
Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker confirmed the fire destroyed Azalee Plantation, owned by the Montgomery family. Cause of the fire is unknown but heavy storms were passing through at the time of the fire, Parker said.
Transition of the property into a wedding venue took place in mid 2019 with extensive renovations to the house situated on 1,400 acres. The plantation home was built in 1842.
Four generations have called Azalee Plantation home since Sen. Harold Montgomery and his wife, Azalee, purchased the property in 1953. The plantation was currently the home of Bradley and Leigh Ann Montgomery Bates and their son, Benton.
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