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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24J9_overseers-house_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The Overseer's House was moved to the Rural Life Museum from Welham Plantation in St. James Parish in 1970. It had been continuously occupied from its construction c. 1835 until the mid-1960s. Welham was sold as an industrial site (Marathon Oil) i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM248Z_bagatelle-kitchen_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The kitchen was built c. 1840 on Bagatelle Plantation near Union, Louisiana. It served as a kitchen originally but was later converted to a schoolhouse that was run by 3 of the Tureaud sisters. The building was changed back to a kitchen upon being…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM248Y_smokehouse_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The Smokehouse was originally a train depot at LSU's Alex Box Stadium where students boarded the train to New Orleans. It was moved to the museum in 1973 and adapted for use as a smokehouse. Smoking meat was a method of preserving pork, beef and w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM248X_college-grove-baptist-church_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The church was built in the Gothic Revival Style and exemplifies the style's basic elements: a central aisle, a three-sided apse, and modified lancet windows and doors. The windows are of painted, rather than stained, glass, which was a custom mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM248T_18th-century-style-sugar-house_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This building is a representation of a small eighteenth century sugar house employing the open-kettle process developed in the West Indies. It was built to show the style of old sugar houses pre-1820 when they were replaced by sugar factories. Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM247P_tyrone-slave-cabin_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Tyrone Plantation in Rapides Parish was the largest in the parish, supporting 3,200 acres of cotton fields. It was built in 1843 by George Mason Graham.In addition to plantation life, Graham worked with board members and founded a learning institu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM247O_single-pen-slave-cabin_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This cabin, and the one across from it, were occupied by slaves on the Welham Plantation in the Antebellum Period.After the Civil War, they remained occupied by tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and finally plantation workers until the 1960's. These …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM247N_double-pen-slave-cabin_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The=is two-room house is thought to be the oldest of the other Welham Plantation slave cabins because of its unusual construction. Note the 'one-by-twelve' inch boards across the front. It has beveled edge siding on the front wall. The framing is …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM247M_cane-grinder_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Stalks of hand-cut sugar cane were transported from the field to the mill in large two-wheeled cane carts drawn by mules or oxen. The stalks were then fed through the mill's grinder. As the mule or ox walked the grinder's arm around, the rollers p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM247L_sick-house_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Slave purchases represented large monetary investments for plantation owners. Returns on investments were possible only when the slaves were healthy and able to perform their duties. Most planters arranged for a doctor to tend to the sick on a reg…