Martin Donato House | |
Location | 8343 Louisiana Highway 182, Opelousas, Louisiana |
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Area | 75.6 acres (30.6 ha) |
Built | c.1825 |
Architectural style | French Creole |
MPS | Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 05000345 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 27, 2005 |
The Martin Donato House, in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, was built around 1825. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
It was deemed significant as "an important and rare surviving French Creole house within St. Landry Parish. It is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of ethnic heritage because it embodies the economic attainment of an important ethnic group in antebellum St. Landry - the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color. Specifically it was home to the Donato family, the most prosperous free people of color family in the parish." [2] Martin Donatto was a Free Black slave owner who owned 70 slaves in 1830. [3]
It is located at 8343 Louisiana Highway 182 near Opelousas, Louisiana, about a quarter mile off the highway. [2]
It is a single-story French Creole plantation house with Federal details. It has also been known as the August Donato House. [2]
It was in deteriorated condition in 2004.
Martin Donato House | |
Location | 8343 Louisiana Highway 182, Opelousas, Louisiana |
---|---|
Area | 75.6 acres (30.6 ha) |
Built | c.1825 |
Architectural style | French Creole |
MPS | Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 05000345 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 27, 2005 |
The Martin Donato House, in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, was built around 1825. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
It was deemed significant as "an important and rare surviving French Creole house within St. Landry Parish. It is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of ethnic heritage because it embodies the economic attainment of an important ethnic group in antebellum St. Landry - the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color. Specifically it was home to the Donato family, the most prosperous free people of color family in the parish." [2] Martin Donatto was a Free Black slave owner who owned 70 slaves in 1830. [3]
It is located at 8343 Louisiana Highway 182 near Opelousas, Louisiana, about a quarter mile off the highway. [2]
It is a single-story French Creole plantation house with Federal details. It has also been known as the August Donato House. [2]
It was in deteriorated condition in 2004.