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MAISON CHENAL & LACOUR HOUSE PROPERTIES & COLLECTION A Louisiana French Creole Tout Ensemble
PROPERTIES AND COLLECTIONS OF DR. JACK AND PAT HOLDEN: Chenal Habitations
For the past 50 years we have been intrigued and captivated by an interest in the material culture of the 18th and early 19th century of Louisiana-with a particular focus on the French aspects. We have devoted a great deal of our physical, intellectual and financial energies into understanding, collecting, and preserving the physical expressions-from architectural and garden forms to fireplace and farming tools-along with their cultural relationships to Louisiana’s historic past. We have pursued this not as a retreat into the past and its objects but as a background, especially for our children and grandchildren, to convey the more significant message that physical objects are the reminders that we are part of a continuum of people who came before us. What they did has made a difference for us today; therefore, what we do now makes a difference for those who come after us.
PROPERTIES
MAISON CHENAL Section: 65.1 acres.
Main House: West Indies style Louisiana creole house (circa 1790) associated with the Poydras family from 1808. Rare survivor of a once common Louisiana form.
Overseer’s House (Little House): Nineteenth century house using architectural elements from an earlier period. Maison Carre (square) form.
Kitchen Building: Circa 1829 dependency from Prudhomme family, Cedar Bend property near Natchitoches.
Servant’s House/Boy’s House (Garconniere): Circa 1829 dependency from Prudhomme family, Cedar Bend property near Natchitoches.
Badin-Roque House Barn: Nineteenth century barn from a property on Cane River
(not downtown Roque House)
Chicken yard: Assembled buildings with an old hen house (poulailler) from Bayou Lafourche area.
Bell Tower: New tower containing a bell marked Nantes, France 1785.
Garden: Parterre form planted with native and heirloom plants surrounded by old
cypress picket fencing.
Map of Pointe Coupee along False River. Arrow indicates location of properties.
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LACOUR HOUSE SECTION: 9.8 acres
LaCour House: Mid-18th century building once the residence of LaCour family on former site and probably, originally, part of the Poste of Pointe Coupee.
Kitchen Building: Modern interpretation of a post-in-the-ground (poteau-en-terre) building.
Bayou House: Signature 1820 house of Pointe Coupee. A rare form today.
Boat House: Modern construction. Pirogue Shed: Modern construction
Aerial view of Maison Chenal