Past, Present, Future.: Trepagnier House – St. Charles, Louisiana

Monday, July 26, 2010

Trepagnier House – St. Charles, Louisiana

The Trepagnier Plantation was expropriated, along with several others, by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to build the Bonnet Carre' Spillway.

Per Frances E. Johnson, the Photographer – 1938
"St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. 'The Rookery', Trepagnier House. Norco vicinity. Abandoned plantation house now occupied by Negroes."
Photo courtesy of Shorpy.com.

From the front porch view, it looks like the home of a laundress.

Additional Photos of the Trepagnier House by Lee Russell in the Library of Congress archives. FSA and WPA Photography

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Thank you so much for taking the time to post these photos of Trepagnier House, an important part of the early history of Louisiana. Clifford Rogillio; July 28, 2011 at 2:26 AM
Unknown said...: Bonged to my ancestors,the Trepagniers; December 8, 2021 at 12:07 AM
Unknown said...: Correction: BELONGED to my ancestors; December 8, 2021 at 12:09 AM

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