Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier
1753-1827
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
1. Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier Marker
French calvary officer who served as aide-de-camp to General Lafayette in Continental Army, 1781. Agent in selection of lands in Louisiana given by congress to Lafayette and host to the general on his 1825 visit to Louisiana.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Lafayettes Farewell Tour series list.
Location. 30° 24.302′ N, 91° 10.336′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Highlands/Perkins. It can be reached from Oxford Avenue north of Amherst Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4251 Oxford Avenue, Baton Rouge LA 70808, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Henri Bouvier Favrot (here, next to this marker); Anthony Peniston (here, next to this marker); Luis Estevan Favrot (here, next to this marker); Madame Anne Marie Renιe Aimι Douιzan (here, next to this marker); Joseph Onieda Lopez (here, next to this marker); Albert Florestan Aucoin (here,
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More about this marker. Located in the historic Highland Cemetery.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 13, 2019
2. Gabriel Armand Allard Du Plantier Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 20, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 451 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 20, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
