Built 1792 Opened 1792 Added to NRHP 18 October 1984 | NRHP Reference # 84000145 Area 1,214 m² | |
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Location River Rd. (LA 48), St. Rose, Louisiana Similar Laurel Valley Village St, Morris‑Israel House, Ormond Plantation House, Destrehan Plantation, Ardoyne Plantation House | ||
The LaBranche Plantation Dependency House is located in St. Rose, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. From many accounts, LaBranche Plantation in St. Rose, Louisiana, was one of the grandest on the German Coast until it was destroyed during the Civil War. All that remained was the dependency house, also called a garconniere (French for bachelor quarters).
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History
The Zweig family, of Germany, built the plantation home in 1792. Because of the effects of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the division of the property among heirs, there is little left to indicate that a grand mansion stood on the grounds except for a roadway lined with oak trees.
Olidé and Marie Perilloux Cambre purchased the dependency house and property in 1902.
Modern day
The site where the manor house once stood is on private land and is not accessible to the public. The site of the Dependency House is on land currently owned by the Lentini family of Kenner. The Lentinis purchased and restored the dependency house in 1983. On October 18, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, due to its exquisite Federal woodwork and rarity as a plantation dependency or ancillary building.
The property also has a preserved slave quarters building, which has been restored, to show the living conditions of a slave family (or families). Preserved slave quarters are few and far between, since most plantations in the area were purchased by oil refineries or industrial plants; any remaining slave housing was usually torn down.
Also located on the site is the actual bathtub of Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States (1849–1850).