Homeplace Plantation House - Hahnville, LA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Appeared to be in good condition. Home site well off the highway. It is easy to locate and considering distatnce from road, it was easy to photograph.
There was good information on this fine old house I discovered. The 2 best are from the St. Charles Parish Historical page, located here

Home Place Plantation was built on a Spanish land grant of 10,000 acres in late 1790 for Pierre Gaillard (or possibly for his widow) by Charles Paquet, the same free man of color who built Destrehan, just across the river. Home-Place is a near perfect example of a raised Creole plantation house. In 1800 the widow Gaillard sold the home and property to Louis Edmond Fortier, and over the next twenty years of his ownership, he added considerable land to his holdings. Among the interests of Mr. Fortier, was the raising of thoroughbred horses. Edmond Fortier died in 1849, and his wife sold the home, jointly, to their son, Drausin and three of their sons-in-law. Drausin died of yellow fever in 1856. The property changed ownership several times over the next 37 years, until in 1893, it was purchased by Pierre Anatole Keller and his brother-in-law, Ulysses Haydel. They divided it, with Keller retaining the upriver portion, with the home. Haydel held ownership of the downriver portion, and renamed it Caneland. Until he could complete his home in 1895, he lived in a garconniere, which he had moved over from Home Place. Keller and his son Theodore began renovating the old home, which was by now called Keller-Homeplace, in 1904, in the process making major alterations. In addition they planted an alee of pecan trees up the front drive. Though the property is now vacant, it is still owned and maintained by the Keller family.
Also the State Historical marker, located in front of the home states
Built in 1790s, this French Colonial raised cottage is of West Indian bousillage construction. Owners included Labranche, Fortier, Gallaird. Keller family ownership since 1885.

Street address: LA 18, 0.5 mi. S of Hahnville Hahnville, LA USA 70057 County / Borough / Parish: St. Charles Year listed: 1970 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1800-1824 Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic. Sub - Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Current function: Domestic. Sub - Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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