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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MI3_st-john-the-evangelist-church-parish_Jeanerette-LA.html
Founded 12 January 1879 by Napoleon J. Perche, Archbishop of New Orleans. The present church was built in 1908, Rev. M. Brady, pastor, August 1885 - June 1928.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MHK_nicholas-provot_Jeanerette-LA.html
"The Father of Jeanerette." Buried here September 12, 1816. One of the area's first landowners. Town of Jeanerette grew up on site of his plantation. His descendants have been prominent in local history.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MGP_harry-b-hewes-house_Jeanerette-LA.html
This East Lake Victorian home, built i 1897, was the home of Harry Bertram Hewes until his death in 1953. Hewes, descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a founder and co~owner of Jeanerette Lumber and Shingle Co., …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LR3_st-peters-cemetery_New-Iberia-LA.html
Established Mar. 24, 1838. Interred here are F.H. Duperier, incorporator of New Iberia, U.S. Senators Robert & Edwin Broussard, Lt. Gov. Emile Verret, James Beddell, designer of "The Shadows," & other prominent individuals.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LR2_beau-pre-circa-1828_Jeanerette-LA.html
This home, originally known as Pine Grove, was bought in 1830 by John W. Jeanerette, the first Postmaster between New Iberia and Charenton, and for whom Jeanerette is named. This historic home escaped the destruction of military operations in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKG_bayside-plantation_Jeanerette-LA.html
This house was built in 1850 by Francis D. Richardson on Bayou Teche in Greek Revival style of the period. Richardson, a classmate & friend of Edgar Allen Poe, purchased the land for a sugar plantation. Named Bayside because of dense growth of Bay…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKE_frederick-larned-gates_New-Iberia-LA.html
Former home of Frederick Larned Gates (1827-1897), outstanding citizen, businessman, lawyer and Civil War Veteran. He served as district judge in the 1870s and 1880s. As an early industrialist, Gates developed a cotton seed oil business which was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CX8_first-rock-salt-mine_New-Iberia-LA.html
Salt evaporated from brine springs on Avery Island since 1791. On May 4, 1862, workmen enlarging these springs to produce more salt for the Confederacy hit solid salt at a depth of 16 feet. Mining operations, the first of this type in North Americ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM164K_factory_New-Iberia-LA.html
Edmund McIlhenny concocted the now famous TABASCO brand pepper sauce in a wooden frame building called the "Laboratory" on the Homestead grounds of the Avery McIlhenny family. A factory built in the early 1900's replaced the Laboratory as demand f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX3M_mt-carmel-academy_New-Iberia-LA.html
An educational institution for girls established in 1872 by the Sisters of Mt. Carmel. The order was founded in 1825 in Tours, France. The old building which is nearest Bayou Teche was constructed by Henry F. Duperier in 1826.