Ft. St. Jean Baptiste St. Commem. Ar

Very few buildings are still standing from the French colonial period, with the exception of a few old houses and several military forts, which were reconstructed about thirty years ago with the help of the original plans. These houses all have typical features: their wooden frames are either built on frames of embedded wooden posts ("post in the ground") or placed on a brick flooring ("post on a sill"), and filled in with either mud and dried straw ("bousillage") or with brick ("brick between post"). A sort of natural insulation was created by a veranda—which often ran around the house at mezzanine level—and by raising the house to leave an empty space beneath, which helped evacuate hot air. The "veranda house" style is most often seen in the famous plantations built around New Orleans.

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Museum Address:
P.O. Box 94361
Baton Rouge, LA

Ft. St. Jean Baptiste St. Commem. Ar Contacts:
Phone: (225) 342-8111