St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Services since 1830. Firmly organized in 1846 under leadership of Rev. Saml. Geo. Litton. Admitted into union with Diocese of LA. 1847. Rectory built 1855, the first rectory in the Diocese....
Cannes Brûlées (Burnt Canes)
Zone between les Chapitoulas and the Demeuves Concession. 5 leagues above New Orleans along the Mississippi River. From 1708–1819, this name was in use under French, Spanish, and American...
St. Joseph Gretna
Father T. Anwander, C.SS.R., with agroup of laymen, organized the motherchurch of West Jefferson in 1857.Previously Redemptorists crossingthe Mississippi from the city ofLafayette had served the...
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Restoration of the castle
plaque reads: 'Di questo castello antico possesso dei conti della gherardesca intraprese i restauri il conte Guido Alberto verso la metà del secolo presente Alberto gherardesca conte di...
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Manresa House of Retreats
Since 1931 The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) have operated a retreat house here for the spiritual development of the laity. The grounds and several of the buildings were the site and home...
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The Hill Fort of Populonia
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In Memory of the Sailors
Piazza Fratelli Serini Alla memoria del marinai Otto Serini nato a San Vincenzo il 12-9-1920 Imbarcato sul sommergibile "Fluutto", Disperso il 6 Agosto 1943 'Ernesto Serini nato a...
Golden Grove Plantation
On this site from 1817 to 1880 the Shepherd and Hooke families operated a large sugar plantation, part of which became Gramercy, LA, in 1895. The Greek Revival plantation house was lost to...
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Convent
Settled in 1722-1739 as BaronNow parish seat St. James ParishSt. Michael's Church 1809Site of St. Michael's ConventOrder of the Sacred Heart1825-1932Site of Jefferson College1831-1931
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Colonial Sugars Refinery
Founded in 1895 by group of financiers from Gramercy Park, New York on a site called "Faubourg Lapin". First operated as a sugar mill to process sugar cane from Golden Grove Plantation. A refinery...
Gramercy
Incorporated November, 1947, located partly on Indian-French settlement & trading post site. In 1739 much of this area was sold to Joseph Delille Dupart, a Commissioner of Indian Nations...
“Vacherie de Grande Pointe”
This area, a ridge, extends from Convent through Gramercy and ends at Grande Pointe in the rear. On this ridge, the world’s supply of a unique crop, Perique tobacco, is grown, processed and...
Lutcher
Established 1891 by H.J. Lutcher, co-owner of Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Co. The town, incorporated in 1912, grew around the sawmill built on the plantation of Pierre Chenet, developer of...
Site Familial des Bourgeois
Parmi les premiers Acadiens exilés en Louisiane arrivèrent ici en 1765 onze familles Bourgeois. Site de terrains accordés en 1803 à la Veuve Jean Bourgeois et fils dont des descendants y vivent encore.
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Bourgeois Homeplace
Among the first Acadian exiles to Louisiana, eleven Bourgeois families settled this area in 1765. Site of lands granted 1803 to Widow Jean Bourgeois and sons. Bourgeois descendants still live on-site.
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Leopoldo The Second slept here
Plaque reads: Le A.A. L.L. I.I. E R.R. L' Arciduca Gran Duca Leopoldo secondo ed Il di lui figlio Arciduca Ferdinando Principe ereditario della Toscana onorarono dinloro R. presenza la sera ...
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Livermore Town Hall Jail and Firehouse
LIVERMORE TOWN HALL JAIL AND FIREHOUSE BUILT 1875, THIS BUILDING WAS FIRST A HOTEL THEN THE LIVERMORE VALLEY BANK. IT WAS THE LIVERMORE TOWN HALL FROM 1905 TO 1957. THE JAIL WAS IN THE REAR, AND...
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Cathedral-Carmel School
Established in 1846. A combination of Mount Carmel Academy and Cathedral School. Operated by The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parish in the Diocese of Lafayette. Affiliated with the...
Battle of Georgia Landing
October 27, 1862 First major battle fought along Bayou Lafourche during the War Between the States. Marching from Donaldsonville Union forces under General Weitzel (8th NH, 12th & 13th CT)...
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Israel Baptist School (1872-1942)
In 1872, Reverend Osborne Dickerson and the First Israel B. C. congregation organized the Baptist Church School on this site to provide formal education for African American children. In...
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