Chauvin House - Convent, LA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Private home. Located next door to an industrial buisness, I parked there and was able to walk around property. WELL kept, looked freshly restored. Looks vacant, yet still in fine condition.

Brief History from the Register ApplicationChauvin House
The circa 1830 Chauvin House is exemplary of Louisiana’s French Creole building tradition. As explained below, it grew at the rear and received some modifications circa 1870 – none of which detract from its resolutely French Creole character. The one story galleried cottage is located on a small parcel of land facing the Mississippi River levee in upper St. James Parish. Immediately adjacent is a convenience store and a modern church. Little (other than deterioration) has happened to the house since the c.1870 work. A descendant of the original occupants will soon be restoring the house. The original portion of the Chauvin House has a hand-hewn mortise and tenon frame with briquette entre poteaux (brick between post) infill. The roof is gable end with a gallery spanning the façade. As built circa 1830, the house had two rooms of unequal size at the front and a rear range of unknown configuration. The original rear range was incorporated into new construction circa 1870. Please refer to attached floor plan. The five rooms in the enlarged rear range continue the Creole tradition of rooms communicating one with another without benefit of halls. At the very rear is a cabinet and loggia configuration which connects with a two room building that was presumably a kitchen. The kitchen, with its own gable end roof, is attached in the manner of an ell. (Either the house as it grew met the kitchen or the kitchen was moved up.) Although it is impossible to date the very utilitarian kitchen building, it is constructed of square nails throughout, indicating a date from before roughly 1880.

Street address: 10138 Hwy. 44 Convent, LA USA 70723 County / Borough / Parish: St. James Year listed: 2003 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874 Historic function: Domestic. Sub - Single Dwelling Current function: Vacant 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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