Roubieu-Jones House, 374 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Summary
Significance: The Roubieu-Jones House is the oldest extant full-story raised Creole plantation home in Natchitoches, Parish. In addition, Carroll Jones, a former slave and later member of the Creole community, purchased the house and the surrounding land in the late 1860s and used it as the residence for his cotton farm, gin, and thoroughbred horse ranch.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N799
Survey number: HABS LA-1298
Building/structure dates: ca. 1818 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 19930909
Tags
creole cottages
plantation houses
agriculture
domestic life
horse racing
natchez
roubieu jones
house
roubieu jones house
louisiana
highway
louisiana state highway
natchitoches
parish
natchitoches parish
sports
louisiana sports
natchitoches parish la
jack e boucher
cane river national heritage area commission
maciej gruszecki
historic american buildings survey
carroll jones
katalin maksay
nancy i morgan
edward a pillsbury
virginia barrett price
francois roubieu
jon l wilson
caroline wright
photo
building plans
architectural drawings
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jones, Carroll
Roubieu, Francois
Pillsbury, Edward A, field team
Maksay, Katalin, field team
Gruszecki, Maciej, field team
Wright, Caroline, field team
Cane River National Heritage Area Commission, sponsor
Morgan, Nancy I, M, sponsor
Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter
Wilson, Jon L, historian
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Location
Natchez
,
31.60695, -92.98481
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html