Palo Alto Plantation (Donaldsonville, Louisiana)

Palo Alto Plantation
Location Northwest of the junction of Louisiana Highway 1 with Louisiana Highway 944
Nearest city Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°05′27″N 91°01′48″W / 30.09084°N 91.02995°W / 30.09084; -91.02995Coordinates: 30°05′27″N 91°01′48″W / 30.09084°N 91.02995°W / 30.09084; -91.02995
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built c. 1850
Architectural style Greek Revival, Carpenter Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 77000665[1]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1977

Palo Alto Plantation is an historic mansion located in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. It was built in c. 1850 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1977.[1]

The first recorded owners of the plantation were Pierre Oscar Ayraud and his wife, Rosalie Rodriguez, who acquired the house from succession of Rosalie's father, Mathias Rodriguez, in 1852. The plantation house is a ​1 1⁄2-story building on brick piers with a twelve-foot-wide porch set under the roof line.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Malone, Lee (2007). The Majesty of the River Road. Pelican Publishing Company. p. 70.
  3. ↑ Bernard, Peter and Arthur A. Lemann, Jr. (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Palo Alto Plantation". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2018. With 38 photos and pictures.

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