Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site

Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
Maison Olivier
Map of Louisiana, United States of America
Location	St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Coordinates	30°08′02″N 91°49′36″W / 30.13387°N 91.826745°W / 30.13387; -91.826745^[1]
Area	approx. 157 acres (64 ha) ^[2]
Established	1934 ^[1]
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
www.crt.state.la.us/louisiana-state-parks/historic-sites/longfellow-evangeline-state-historic-site/index


Acadian House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Built	c. 1815
NRHP reference No.	73002133
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1973^[3]
Designated NHL	May 30, 1974^[4]

Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site (French: Site historique d'État Longfellow-Evangeline), located in St. Martinville, Louisiana, showcases the cultural significance of the Bayou Teche region. It is the oldest state park site in Louisiana, founded in 1934 as the Longfellow-Evangeline State Commemorative Area. Evangeline was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's enormously popular 1847 epic poem about Acadian lovers, who are now figures in local history. In the town center, the Evangeline Oak is the legendary meeting place of the two lovers, Evangeline and Gabriel. A statue of Evangeline marks her supposed grave next to St. Martin of Tours Church. The state historic site commemorates the broader historical setting of the poem in the Acadian and Creole culture of this region of Louisiana.

Several historic buildings are showcased at Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site, which cover 157 acres (0.64 km²):

Maison Olivier, designated a National Historic Landmark (as Acadian House) in 1974, is a plantation home built c. 1815 by Pierre Olivier Duclozel de Vezin, a wealthy Creole at the time. The structure is an excellent example of a Raised Creole Cottage, a simple and distinctive architectural form which shows a mixture of Creole, Caribbean, and French influences. Maison Olivier is located behind the Visitor's Center. Also near Maison Olivier is a blacksmith shop.

There is also a c. 1790 Acadian cabin, which reveals the contrast between Acadian and Creole architecture.

A reproduction Acadian farmstead lies near Bayou Teche. It is representative of a single-family farm in the early 19th century. It includes a family home, a barn, a privy, an outdoor kitchen, and a bread oven.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation and Tourism. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
^ Herczog, Mary (2010). Frommer's New Orleans 2010. Frommer's. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-470-50471-0.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "Acadian House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 8, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2008.

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Official web site
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. LA-1276, "Olivier House, State Highway 31, Saint Martinville, St. Martin Parish, LA"

Protected areas of Louisiana

Federal

National Historical Parks	Cane River Creole Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve New Orleans Jazz
National Monuments	Poverty Point
National Marine Sanctuary	Flower Garden Banks
National Forests	Kisatchie
National wild and scenic rivers	Saline Bayou
National Wildlife Refuge System	Atchafalaya Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Sauvage Bayou Teche Big Branch Marsh Black Bayou Lake Bogue Chitto Breton Cameron Prairie Cat Island Catahoula D'Arbonne Delta East Cove Grand Cote Handy Brake Lacassine Lake Ophelia Mandalay Red River Sabine Shell Keys Tensas River Upper Ouachita

State

State Parks	Bayou Segnette Bogue Chitto Chemin-A-Haut Chicot Cypremort Point Fairview-Riverside Fontainebleau Grand Isle Hodges Gardens Jimmie Davis Lake Bistineau Lake Bruin Lake Claiborne Lake D-Arbonne Lake Fausse Pointe North Toledo Bend Palmetto Island Poverty Point Reservoir St. Bernard Sam Houston Jones South Toledo Bend Tickfaw
State Historic Sites	Audubon Centenary Fort Jesup Fort Pike Fort St. Jean Baptiste Forts Randolph & Buhlow Locust Grove Longfellow-Evangeline Los Adaes Mansfield Plaquemine Lock Port Hudson Poverty Point Rebel State Rosedown Plantation Winter Quarters
State Preservation Area	Louisiana State Arboretum
State Forests	Alexander Indian Creek
State Wildlife Refuges	Elmer's Island Marsh Island Rockefeller St. Tammany State Terrebonne Barrier Islands White Lake Wetlands
Wildlife management areas	Acadiana Conservation Corridor Atchafalaya Delta Attakapas Barataria Preserve Bayou Macon Bayou Pierre Ben Lilly Conservation Area Ben's Creek Big Colewa Bayou Big Lake Biloxi Bodcau Boeuf Bonnet Carré Spillway Buckhorn Camp Beauregard Catahoula Lake Clear Creek Dewey Wills Elbow Slough Elm Hall Floy Ward McElroy Fort Polk Grassy Lake Hutchinson Creek Indian Bayou Jackson Bienville J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area Joyce Lake Boeuf Lake Ramsey Savannah Little River Loggy Bayou Manchac Marsh Bayou Maurepas Swamp Old River Control Ouachita Pass A Loutre Pearl River Peason Ridge Pointe-aux-Chenes Pomme de Terre Richard K. Yancey Russell Sage Sabine Sabine Island Salvador/Timken Sandy Hollow Sherburne (See: Atchafalaya Delta) Soda Lake Spring Bayou Tangipahoa Parish School Board Thistlethwaite Three Rivers Tunica Hills Union Walnut Hill West Bay

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Private	Bird City Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary
City	Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

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v t e Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Evangeline (1847)
Film	Evangeline (1914) Evangeline (1919) Evangeline (1929)
Stage	Evangeline (1874 musical) Evangeline (1999 musical)
Other	Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site

v t e Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Novels	Hyperion (1839) Kavanagh (1849)
Poetry	"A Psalm of Life" (1838) "Excelsior" (1841) "The Village Blacksmith" (1841) "The Wreck of the Hesperus" (1842) Poems on Slavery (1842) Evangeline (1847) The Song of Hiawatha (1855) The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858) "The Children's Hour" (1860) "Paul Revere's Ride" (1860) "The Saga of King Olaf" (1863) Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863) "Christmas Bells" (1863) "The Sermon of St. Francis" (1875)
Related	Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow (son) Alice Mary Longfellow (daughter) Stephen Longfellow (father) Peleg Wadsworth (grandfather) Wadsworth-Longfellow House Longfellow House "Whom the gods would destroy" Longfellow Bridge Longfellow Square Dante Society of America Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site Richard Bonython (ancestor)

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