Bagatelle Plantation

Bagatelle Plantation is a historic plantation property and mansion in Sunshine, Louisiana, just outside St. Gabriel. It is associated with the architectural and agricultural history of the lower Mississippi River region rather than with a contemporary commercial brand. The principal house was designed in 1841 by architect Robert S. Chadsey for Augustin Marius Tureaud, the plantation's owner at the time. Its Greek Revival design reflects the architectural language used for prominent Louisiana residences and plantation houses during the antebellum period. The property's most notable feature is the survival and relocation of the historic house. Following the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the mansion was moved farther back from the levee while remaining within the St. James Parish property. In 1977, another relocation was required after the land was purchased by Missouri-Portland Cement Company. The house was transported intact on a barge along the Mississippi River for approximately 30 miles, from its former location to its present site in Iberville Parish. This move preserved the structure while changing its geographic setting and separating it from the land with which it had originally been associated. Bagatelle Plantation was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2007. The designation recognizes the historic significance of the house and its relationship to Louisiana's plantation landscape. Available reference material does not establish a current operating business, commercial product line, public-facing brand strategy, owner, or regularly marketed visitor operation. Accordingly, Bagatelle is best documented as a historic place and architectural property, not as a conventional consumer or corporate brand.

Bagatelle Plantation is a historic plantation property in Sunshine, Louisiana, near St. Gabriel. Its principal residence was designed by architect Robert S. Chadsey in the Greek Revival style and completed in 1841 for plantation owner Augustin Marius Tureaud. The house belongs to the period when Greek Revival architecture was widely adopted for substantial residences in Louisiana and throughout the American South, where classical forms were used to express permanence and status. The history of the surviving house is also defined by repeated relocation. After the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the structure was moved farther away from the Mississippi River levee, although it remained on the same plantation property in St. James Parish. A second move occurred in 1977 after Missouri-Portland Cement Company acquired the land. Rather than demolishing or dismantling the historic structure, the house was moved in one piece on a barge along the Mississippi River. It traveled approximately 30 miles, or 48 kilometers, north to its current location in Iberville Parish. The relocation preserved the mansion but altered its relationship to the original plantation landscape. The property is therefore notable both for its antebellum architectural character and for the unusual engineering and preservation history involved in transporting the building. Bagatelle Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2007. The available material does not identify a current commercial operator, visitor program, corporate owner, or product business associated with the name. Its principal public significance is as a historic Louisiana site and house.

• 2007

  National Register listing

  [1]Bagatelle Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Bagatelle Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2007.

• 1977

  Mansion relocated to present site

  [1]Bagatelle Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  After Missouri-Portland Cement Company purchased the land, the house was transported intact by barge approximately 30 miles north along the Mississippi River to its present location in Iberville Parish.

• 1927

  House moved after the Great Mississippi Flood

  [1]Bagatelle Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Following the Great Mississippi Flood, the mansion was moved farther back from the levee while remaining within the plantation property in St. James Parish.

• 1841

  Greek Revival mansion designed

  [1]Bagatelle Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Architect Robert S. Chadsey designed the Bagatelle Plantation house for plantation owner Augustin Marius Tureaud in the Greek Revival style.

A historic Louisiana plantation property and preserved Greek Revival mansion, documented primarily for architectural, cultural, and historical significance.

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