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Hermitage Plantation

Page history last edited by Karmella Haynes 15 years, 1 month ago


Overview

 

Location

Ascention Parish, LA

 

Date Constructed/ Founded

1814

 

Associated Surnames

Brengier

 

Historical notes

L'Hermitage plantation home was completed in 1814 by Marius Pons Bringier as a wedding gift for his son, Michel. It is said to be the earliest surviving Greek Revival plantation home in the state. The first crops cultivated here were indigo and tobacco, but as with the rest of the plantations in the area, sugar was soon grown. The house was named after Andrew Jackson's home near Nashville, Tennessee. Jackson reportedly visited the Bringiers, who fought under him at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Michel died in 1847, and the home was occupied by Union troops during the Civil War. It was a successful plantation again during Reconstruction under Michael's wife and son.

 

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

 


Associated Free Persons

 

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  • Marius Pons Bringier - built plantation home (1814) as a gift to his son Michel
  • Michel Bringier (b.?-d.1847) - son of Marius Pons Bringier; owner

Associated Enslaved Persons

 

  • none reported yet


Research Leads and Plantation Records

 

  • none

Miscellaneous Information

 

  • Agriculture: indigo, tobacco, sugarcane
  • Mansion Home: completed in 1814 by Marius Pons Bringier as a wedding gift for his son, Michel. It is said to be the earliest surviving Greek Revival plantation home in the state.

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