Bocage Plantation

Coordinates: 30°07′25″N 90°57′19″W / 30.12367°N 90.95541°W / 30.12367; -90.95541
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Bocage Plantation
French Creole
NRHP reference No.91000705[1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1991

Bocage Plantation is a historic

Creole influences, especially in the floorplan. Established in 1801, the plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 1991.[1]

History

Bocage Plantation was established in January 1801, 5 years after

planter Marius Pons Bringier to his eldest daughter, 14-year-old Francoise "Fanny" Bringier, on the occasion of her marriage to 34-year-old Parisian bon vivant Christophe Colomb.[4][5][6][7][2]

The original house, built in 1801 and destroyed by fire in or before 1837, was a "raised

Creole house—brick on the first floor supporting a heavy-timber frame above".[8] At first, it was thought that this house was at the same site as, and the basis for, the current house, until, "during the process [of the 2008 restoration], the bases of four symmetrically placed chimneys[,] surrounded by charred remains and fragments of brick and broken glass (the glass dating to 1800[citation needed]), were discovered buried about 40 feet behind the [current] house."[5].[4][7][2] Another fact confirming this is that there are 2 huge Live Oaks that exist behind the present day Bocage. During the period of time when Live Oaks were planted in a row, there was no levee, so they front entrance to Bocage would have been the Mississippi River, or an adjacent dirt road to the levee. During that time, there was no predilection to plant Live Oaks in the back corners of the house, however there are 2 Live Oaks behind the present day structure, which would be to the front of the Creole Cottage built in 1801.[9]

Although sources vary as to the certainty of it, the design of the current, 1837, house has been attributed to

catch basin, with the fresh water shunted through pipes to a cistern on each side, in back of the house.[13][14][5].[4][2]

After many years of neglect, the house was salvaged in 1941 by Drs. E. G. Kohlsdorf and Anita Crozat (Mrs. Kohlsdorf).[7][11] An auction in 2007 sold various furnishings from the house and grounds.[15]

From January-December 2008 the house, purchased and restored by Dr. Marion Rundell, became a B&B that also offered public tours.[5][16][2] During his restoration of the house, Dr. Rundell hired the help of Adrian Trevino, who Dr. Rundell regarded as "A dedicated and intelligent man when it comes to restoring a house", to unravel the history of Bocage. .[17] He also worked with Dr. Neil Odenwald, the Director of LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture,[18] to choose the plants in Bocage, which included Azaleas, Live Oaks, and Crape Myrtles. They were planted by Dr. Rundell, Adrian Trevino, and Luba and Igor Detsyk. [19]

In 2015, Dr. Rundell has permanently closed Bocage Plantation[20] to spend more time with family.

Geography

Bocage Plantation is located on

Louisiana Highway 942, along the River Road, in Darrow, Ascension Parish, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, but on a meander that puts it north and west of the river.[21] The plantation is across the river from the parish seat of Donaldsonville, and about 25 miles southeast of Baton Rouge
.

Filming location

Bocage Plantation was used as a setting in the 1974 film The Autobiography of Ms. Jane Pittman[22]

Bocage Plantation was used as a setting for "Shaw Farm" in the 2013 film 12 Years a Slave.[23]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The whole plantation area of 110 acres (45 ha) was not included in the historic listing. See [2]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f National Register Staff (March 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bocage". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2018. With nine photos from 1991
  3. ISBN 9781570036781
    . Retrieved April 23, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Bocage Plantation—History". Bocage Plantation Website. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Bocage Plantation". Explore the Culture and History of Southeastern Louisiana. National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  6. ISBN 978-1589802636
    . Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Lukens, Reed (March 20, 2014). Bocage Plantation, a wonderful place (Video). YouTube. Reading from Ghosts along the Mississippi and hearing further history from innkeeper, while showing interior, for 10 or so minutes from 1:45. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  8. ISBN 9780811818179
    . Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  9. ^ Marion Rundell, Conversation with property owner on April 9, 2023 (Personal communication)
  10. ISBN 0-19-503472-4
    .
  11. ^ a b Laughlin, Clarence John (1948). Ghosts along the Mississippi: an essay in the poetic interpretation of Louisiana's plantation architecture. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Plate 54.
  12. ^ "Bocage plantation home in Burnside Louisiana". The Louisiana Digital Library. State Library of Louisiana. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  13. ISBN 978-1317988441
    . Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  14. ^ Lukens, Reed (March 20, 2014). Bocage Plantation, a wonderful place (Video). YouTube. Tour of grounds, including back of house, from 12:05. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  15. ^ "Bocage Plantation, December 2007—Auction Information". Neal Auction Company Archived Auctions. Neal Auction Company. Retrieved April 16, 2014. Browse by lot number to view details of house furnishings at the 2007 auction
  16. Gonzales Weekly Citizen
    . Gonzales, LA. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  17. ^ Marion Rundell, Conversation with property owner on April 9, 2023 (Personal communication)
  18. ^ Odenwald, Neil G. "Neil G. Odenwald". LSU College of Art & Design. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  19. ^ Marion Rundell, Conversation with property owner on April 9, 2023 (Personal communication)
  20. ^ http://bocageplantation.com/
  21. ^ "30°07'25.0"N 90°57'19.0"W" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  22. ^ Marion Rundell, Conversation with property owner on April 9, 2023 (Personal communication)
  23. The Times-Picayune
    .

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