Bayside (Jeanerette, Louisiana)

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Bayside
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Bayside Plantation Home
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LocationAlong LA 87, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of Jeanerette, Louisiana
Coordinates 29°55′55″N91°40′47″W / 29.93204°N 91.67984°W / 29.93204; -91.67984
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1850
ArchitectFrancis D. Richardson
Architectural style Greek Revival, Central hall
NRHP reference No. 86003747 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 1987

Bayside is plantation comprising a historic plantation house built in 1850 by Francis DuBose Richardson on the Bayou Teche near Jeanerette, Louisiana, United States. Richardson, a classmate and friend of Edgar Allan Poe, purchased the land for a sugar plantation. [2] [3]

Richardson attended St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. He was elected to the Louisiana Senate and sponsored legislation establishing the Louisiana School for the Blind, which institution is extant in Baton Rouge. His daughter, Bethia Richardson, married Donelson Caffery II, a Louisiana State Senator and a United States Senator. Richardson's great grandson, Patrick Thomson Caffery served as a Louisiana State Representative and a United States Representative.

Despite some alterations and an unclear architectural development, the two-story brick central hall Greek Revival plantation house remains one of Iberia Parish's finest Greek Revival structures. [4] [5] The house has the largest screened porch in Louisiana. [3]

The house and surrounding 6 acres (2.4 ha) area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1987. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Butler, Anne (2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing Co. p. 72. ISBN   9781589807099.
  3. 1 2 Daigle, Adam (October 14, 2019). "169-year-old Bayside Plantation in Jeanerette sold to New Orleans family for $775,000". The Advocate (Louisiana) . Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  4. "Bayside" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018. with a photo and two maps Archived 2018-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. National Register Staff (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Bayside". National Park Service . Retrieved May 24, 2018. With six photos from 1986.