Enterprise Plantation


Enterprise Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Jeanerette, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°54′8″N 91°43′24″W / 29.90222°N 91.72333°W / 29.90222; -91.72333Coordinates: 29°54′8″N 91°43′24″W / 29.90222°N 91.72333°W / 29.90222; -91.72333
Area	1,650 acres (670 ha)
Built	1835
NRHP Reference #	75000848^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 17, 1975

Enterprise Plantation is located near Jeanerette, Louisiana. It was built in 1835 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1975.

Simeon Patout, an immigrant from a family of vintners from Usay, France, built the house with plans to grow grapes. The conditions were unfavorable for that, so he began sugar production instead. Although he died from yellow fever in 1847, his family has continued to own and operate the sugar farm. The sugar facility is now known as M.A. Patout & Son, Ltd. Member of the family occupy Enterprise Plantation.^[2]

References

↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Butler, Anne (2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Co. p. 72.

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