Louisiana, St. James Parish- Vacherie, St. Joseph Plantation

The raised, two-story, Creole plantation house was built circa 1840. The hipped umbrella roof is a prime feature of French Creole architecture. Gallery and loggia columns reflects the Creole tradition of using slender upper story wooden columns and thick lower story brick piers. St. Joseph Plantation is a family owned, working sugarcane plantation. The St. Joseph Plantation House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

 

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