Madewood Plantation House
The first major building designed by noted architect Henry Howard. Construction of this Greek Revival mansion was begun in 1846, using materials from the land. Steamboats carried trade to Madewood...
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St. Joseph Co- Cathedral
St. Joseph Church Parish was founded in 1817 as a mission. In 1819 a church was erected on Bayou LaFourche adjacent to the present cemetery. A brick church was built in 1849 under the direction of...
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Saint Joseph Church
The mother church of Parishes in Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary and lower Assumption was incorporated in 1817. Priests served the area from Assumption Church, Plattenville, until 1822 when Fr....
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Lafourche Parish Court House
The square of land upon which this antebellum structure stands was donated by Henry Schuyler Thibodaux, founder of the town. The present building, erected in circa 1860, replaced two earlier ones...
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Notre Dame De La Paix
Mission chapel and cemetery served by St. James Catholic Church from 1854. Became separate parish in 1864. Our Lady of Peace parish church completed 1900 and consecrated May 12, 1902.
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Napoleonville
Nommée en l'honneur de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier, la ville est sur une ancienne voie de communication, 1730-1770, empruntée par les Francais puis par les Acadiens, pour aller de St-James jusqu'au...
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Warren Winslow
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
Bill Rodgers, "Boston Billy"
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License
HAPEVILLE, GEORGIA
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Edmunds' Birthplace - Site of Homestead of Lawyer and Statesman
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The Conservatory
Submitted by Darren Platt
Presented to the Golden Gate Park by a Friend of the Sculptor
Submitted by Darren Platt
Don A. Tingler
Don A Tingler1928 - 2004The Flower of Memory Blossoms in our Hearts and Will Never FadeGerard Wee Submitted by Darren Platt
Ville de Thibodaux
Devenue une ville le 10 mars 1838. Des documents anciens montrent qu'une colonie existait déjà en cet endroit vers la fin due XVIIIième. C'était un poste important de traite pour la region...
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Rienzi Plantation House
This house is believed to have been built by William Fields or Henry Johnson between 1815 and 1835 Johnson eventually purchased several small tracts to form the huge sugar-producing plantation....
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Francis Tillou Nicholls
1834-1912 Homesite of distinguished Confederate brigadier-general, twice governor of Louisiana 1877-80 and 1888-92; he was appointed Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court serving from 1892...
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Christ Episcopal Church
Site of Elm Hall Plantation donated by Dr. E. E. Kittredge. Congregation organized and church constructed in 1853. Frank Willis, Architect. Consecrated by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas K. Polk in 1854....
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Confluence Of Bayous
Near hear was the prehistoric fork of Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Terrebonne. Acadians settled the area in 1785 and were joined by earlier French, German, Spanish and American settlers. The Village...
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St. John's Episcopal Church
One of the oldest Episcopal churches in the Mississippi Valley. Parish organized in 1843. Cornerstone laid in January 1844. Consecrated in March of same year by Bishop Leonoidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana.
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Laurel Valley
A 1785 Spanish Land Grant to Acadian Etienne Boudreaux is part of the largest surviving 19th Century Plantation manufacturing complex in the United States. Over 70 structures, including a sugar...