Palo Alto Plantation (Donaldsonville, Louisiana)
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| Location | Northwest of the junction of Louisiana Highway 1 with Louisiana Highway 944 |
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| Nearest city | Donaldsonville, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30°05′27″N 91°01′48″W / 30.09084°N 91.02995°W |
| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| Built | c. 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Carpenter Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Malone, Lee (2007). The Majesty of the River Road. Pelican Publishing Company. p. 70.
- ^ 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.
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