Bayside Plantation
N 29° 55.917 W 091° 40.873
15R E 627285 N 3311976
Located in front of Plantation house on Hwy. 87 in Jeanerette, LA.
Waymark Code: WM8H4Q
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2010
Views: 7
Erected bt Louisiana Tourist Commission 1970. Marker text states
This house was built in 1850 by Francis D. Richardson on Bayou Teche in Greek Revival style of the period. Richardson, a classmate and friend of Edgar Allen Poe, purchased the land for a sugar plantation. Named Bayside because of dense growth of Bay trees nearby.
Marker Name: Bayside Plantation
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/1970
Parish: Iberia
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