Frédéric Henri Duperier originally donated Church Alley to the City of New lberia. The Duperier family lived across the Bayou Teche in the mansion that was to become Mt. Carmel Academy. In...
Louisiana's First Black Female Physician Dr. Emma Wakefield~Paillet (November 21,1868-August 26, 1946)In 1897, Dr. Emma Wakefield became the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in...
Named for the Firmin Breaux Family Settled by Acadians ca. 1766, Founded 1829, Incorporated 1859.
This Queen Anne Revival cottage was built in 1896 by Edmond Pellerin. The carpenter, Emile Bergeron, built the entire house of local cypress and the house remains the finest example of rural...