Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, General Store, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
Summary
Significance: Built around 1905 by Barker-Lepine to replace an older structure that had burned, the Laurel Valley Store served the needs of plantation workers as well as others living along the bayou. Here customers could buy their weekly provisions, or waste an hour or two discussing current events. A recently erected partition divides the interior, but stores of this nature rarely made an effort to segregate sales and storage areas. In 1965 Hurricane Betsy knocked this cypress board and batten building off its brick foundation.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12
Survey number: HAER LA-1-K
Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
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Date
1905 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Baker-Lepine
Lowe, Jet
Location
lafourche parish
,
29.79756, -90.82446
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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