Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Significance: Built around 1906 by Barker-Lepine, this building served the educational needs of the plantation children until its closing in 1952. The structure follows and open construction, with a perimeter gallery and a modified hip-gabled tin roof that creates a four sided porch along the sides. At one time there was a chimney of pipe and brick for a cast-iron stove, In 1965, Hurricane Betsy knocked the cypress board & batten building off its brick footings.
Survey number: HAER LA-1-L
Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1952
Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work