Felicity Plantation | |
Location | 3351
Louisiana Highway 18 Vacheria, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°0′25″N 90°46′22″W / 30.00694°N 90.77278°W |
Built | 1846 |
NRHP reference No. | 10000062 |
Designated | March 8, 2010 |
Felicity Plantation is a historic sugarcane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along Louisiana Highway 18 in Vacherie, St. James Parish. Felicity is a sister plantation to St. Joseph Plantation, [1] and was built around 1846 (or 1850) [2] by Valcour Aime as a wedding gift to his daughter, Felicite Emma, and her spouse, Septime Fortier, [3] who was also her cousin. [4] Acquired by a bank in 1873, [4] the plantation was purchased by Saturnine Waguespack in 1890, who merged it with the St. Joseph Plantation to form the St. Joseph Plantation and Manufacturing Company. [3] The house still remains in the Waguespack family. [3]
The antebellum plantation house has elements of French Colonial and Anglo-American styles. [4] It is characterized by its wide hallways and high-ceilinged rooms, while featuring a carved cypress balustrade. [4] Several of the rooms contain red Italian marble mantlepieces. [3] Six wooden pillars are large in size and square in shape. [2] The house was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and has since been restored.
The grounds still contain an original barn and slave quarters houses. [4]
Several films have used the plantation as a location, including The Skeleton Key (2005) and 12 Years a Slave (2013), along with Season One of the WGN television series, Underground.
Felicity Plantation | |
Location | 3351
Louisiana Highway 18 Vacheria, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°0′25″N 90°46′22″W / 30.00694°N 90.77278°W |
Built | 1846 |
NRHP reference No. | 10000062 |
Designated | March 8, 2010 |
Felicity Plantation is a historic sugarcane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along Louisiana Highway 18 in Vacherie, St. James Parish. Felicity is a sister plantation to St. Joseph Plantation, [1] and was built around 1846 (or 1850) [2] by Valcour Aime as a wedding gift to his daughter, Felicite Emma, and her spouse, Septime Fortier, [3] who was also her cousin. [4] Acquired by a bank in 1873, [4] the plantation was purchased by Saturnine Waguespack in 1890, who merged it with the St. Joseph Plantation to form the St. Joseph Plantation and Manufacturing Company. [3] The house still remains in the Waguespack family. [3]
The antebellum plantation house has elements of French Colonial and Anglo-American styles. [4] It is characterized by its wide hallways and high-ceilinged rooms, while featuring a carved cypress balustrade. [4] Several of the rooms contain red Italian marble mantlepieces. [3] Six wooden pillars are large in size and square in shape. [2] The house was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and has since been restored.
The grounds still contain an original barn and slave quarters houses. [4]
Several films have used the plantation as a location, including The Skeleton Key (2005) and 12 Years a Slave (2013), along with Season One of the WGN television series, Underground.