Harry B. Hewes House
N 29° 55.079 W 091° 40.179
15R E 628420 N 3310440
Located in Jeanerette, LA on Main St. in front of house.
Waymark Code: WM7QV1
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2009
Views: 6
Marker text states:
This East Lake Victorian home, built i 1897, was the home of Harry Bertram Hewes until his death in 1953. Hewes, descendant of one of thesigners of the Declaration of Independence, was a founder and co~owner of Jeanerette Lumber and Shingle Co., which harvested Cypress lumber from the Atchafalaya Basin between 1894 and 1925, and milled it on the site of City Park on Bayou Teche just northeast of the Home. Jeanerette Lumber & Shingle
Co. remains one of the largest landowners of property in the Basin. The locally famous paddlewheel steamboat, the "Amy Hewes", was built by Hewes and named after his daughter.
Marker Name: Harry B. Hewes House
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Person
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/2008
Parish: Iberia
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