Felicity Plantation

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Felicity Plantation
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The plantation house in 2010
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Location3351 Louisiana Highway 18
Vacheria, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°0′25″N90°46′22″W / 30.00694°N 90.77278°W / 30.00694; -90.77278
Built1846 (1846)
NRHP reference No. 10000062
Designated March 8, 2010

Felicity Plantation is a historic sugarcane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along Louisiana Highway 18 in Vacherie, St. James Parish. Felicity is a sister plantation to St. Joseph Plantation, [1] and was built around 1846 (or 1850) [2] by Valcour Aime as a wedding gift to his daughter, Felicite Emma, and her spouse, Septime Fortier, [3] who was also her cousin. [4] Acquired by a bank in 1873, [4] the plantation was purchased by Saturnine Waguespack in 1890, who merged it with the St. Joseph Plantation to form the St. Joseph Plantation and Manufacturing Company. [3] The house still remains in the Waguespack family. [3]

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Architecture

The antebellum plantation house has elements of French Colonial and Anglo-American styles. [4] It is characterized by its wide hallways and high-ceilinged rooms, while featuring a carved cypress balustrade. [4] Several of the rooms contain red Italian marble mantlepieces. [3] Six wooden pillars are large in size and square in shape. [2] The house was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and has since been restored.

Grounds

The grounds still contain an original barn and slave quarters houses. [4]

In film

Several films have used the plantation as a location, including The Skeleton Key (2005) and 12 Years a Slave (2013), along with Season One of the WGN television series, Underground .

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to St. Joseph Plantation". Stjosephplantation.com. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Butler, Anne (April 15, 2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN   978-1-58980-709-9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Majesty of the River Road. Pelican Publishing. November 2007. p. 27. ISBN   978-1-4556-0825-6.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Sternberg, Mary Ann (2013). Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 282–. ISBN   978-0-8071-5062-7.

30°00′20″N90°45′55″W / 30.00545°N 90.76534°W / 30.00545; -90.76534

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