Lakeside - Batchelor, LA
N 30° 50.317 W 091° 38.617
15R E 629711 N 3412504
Large privately owned Italianate Style home. Located on Hwy. 419 (Levee Rd.) in Batchelor.
Waymark Code: WM5R18
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2009
Views: 4
Home was well hidden by trees and landscaping. All appeared to be in very nice condition. There is alot of good outdoor recreation in area, a large "Oxbow" lake with public fishing just over the levee from home. I could not find any information on home, so here is a brief excerpt from the Register application, located here:The Louisiana Comprehensive Historic Structures Survey has identified 799 50+ year old
buildings in Pointe Coupee Parish. Of these, there are ten which can be termed major antebellum
plantation houses. All are relatively large, all are at least two stories high, and all served as the
center of a rural landholding. Lakeside is conspicuous among this group because of its scale and
size. As plantation houses go, it is the giant of the parish. Moreover, it is one of only two Italianate
plantation houses in Pointe Coupee and is decidedly the larger and grander of the two. Also, of the
two, it is the only one which features bracketed cornices on the dormers as well as on the gallery,
arched windows and doorways, and ornamental cast-iron details. Finally, its front doors with their
carved lion's heads are probably the most elaborately executed doors in the parish. STATE SIGNIFICANCE AS PLANTATION GROUPING:
Lakeside derives its statewide architectural significance from its matching pair of
pigeonniers. Pigeonniers are one of the most direct links between Louisiana architecture and the
architecture of provincial France. At one time almost every Creole plantation had one or more
pigeonniers featured prominently on the grounds near the main house. This is evidenced by Adrian
Persac paintings and by plantation inventories of the eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
As far as the State Historic Preservation Office is aware, there are only about thirty
pigeonniers remaining in Louisiana. In addition, some that survive have been moved from their
original locations and set up more or less as museums. Lakeside is very unusual in Louisiana in that
it retains its original pair of pigeonniers intact, along with the plantation house, as a visual grouping.
Street address: LA 419 Batchelor , LA USA 70715
County / Borough / Parish: Pointe Coupee
Year listed: 1984
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1850-1874
Historic function: Domestic. Sub - Single Dwelling
Current function: Domestic. Sub - 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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