Hermitage (Darrow, Louisiana)

The Hermitage
Location At the end of a dirt road, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Darrow and 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of River Road
Nearest city Darrow, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°07′00″N 90°57′43″W / 30.1168°N 90.9619°W / 30.1168; -90.9619Coordinates: 30°07′00″N 90°57′43″W / 30.1168°N 90.9619°W / 30.1168; -90.9619
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1812
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 73000859[1]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1973

L'Hermitage is a Greek Revival plantation home. Marius Pons Bringier commissioned the home to be built in Burnside, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, as a wedding gift for his son, Michel Douradou Bringier (1789–1847), in 1812.[2]

Michel Bringier served at the Battle of New Orleans (1814-15) during the War of 1812. L'Hermitage was named after General Andrew Jackson's home in Nashville, Tennessee. General and Mrs. Jackson visited here in the 1820s.[3][2]

This is likely the plantation on which Pierre Caliste Landry grew up; he was born on the Prevost plantation and was purchased at age 13 (circa 1854) by a Bringier family member who inherited L'Hermitage. After the American Civil War, Landry became Mayor of Donaldsonville and the first African American mayor in the United States.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Judice - owners (November 3, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: The Hermitage". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2018. With six photos from 1973.
  3. ↑ StoppingPoints.com. "L'Hermitage Historical Marker".
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