Summary
The Badin-Roque House is a historic house located along Louisiana Highway 484, about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) southeast of Natchez in the community of Isle Brevelle.[2]
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| Location | Along LA 484, about 6.6 miles (10.6 km) southeast of Natchez |
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| Nearest city | Natchez, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 31°36′07″N 92°58′24″W / 31.60207°N 92.97337°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1830s |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001739[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 6, 1980 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 6, 1980.[1]
History edit
Originally built in the early nineteenth century, it's a Poteaux-en-terre French Creole cottage with bousillage construction walls. Several alterations were made in the 1830s when a beaded tongue and groove ceiling was added, along with board and batten fenestration, and in 1850, when it was added the actual pitched roof and siding.[3][4]
First owner of land where the house is standing was Francois Frederic, who sold it to the free Creole of color, Augustin Metoyer in 1827. In 1840, Augustin Metoyer had his lands and buildings appraised and donated the property to his son Jean Baptiste Augustin Metoyer, Jr.
In 1855 the parcel comprising the house was sold to Dr. Sigmund Kisffy, who sold it to the Reverend Auguste Marie Martin in 1856. Bishop Martin used the house as a mission convent for the Daughters of the Cross, a French order of teaching nuns. Bishop Martin sold the property to Dr. Jean Napoleon Burdin in 1859. After the death of Dr. Burdin, the property was acquired by Dr. George Lahaye in 1866, who sold it to Gristoffe Bussi, an Italian baker, in 1867. The property was acquired at an unknown date by Norbert Badin, a distant relative to Augustin Metoyer, and the property passed to his daughter Zeline Badin Roque in 1927. After her death, the house was acquired by Edward Antee, from which the property was acquired by the St. Augustine Historical Society in 1979.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Cane River Creole Community". Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Northwestern State University. Archived from the original on September 6, 2006.
- ^ a b "NHL Nomination: Badin-Roque House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018. with two photos and two maps Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ St. Augustine's Historical Society (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Badin-Roque House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 6, 2018. With two photos from 1979.
External links edit
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