Gramercy in St. James Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Colonial Sugars Refinery

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 20, 2015

1. Colonial Sugars Refinery Marker

Inscription. Founded in 1895 by group of financiers from Gramercy Park, New York on a site called "Faubourg Lapin". First operated as a sugar mill to process sugar cane from Golden Grove Plantation. A refinery was built in 1902 to supply granulated sugar to the U.S. market. The company town offered housing, schools, church, store and recreation.Owned by the Cuban-American Sugar Co. for 52 years. Dr. George P. Meade, co-author of Cane Sugar Handbook, worked here for 37 years. Purchased by Savannah Foods and Ind. in 1986. First operating sugar refinery in United States to be on National Register of Historic Places.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Landmarks. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.

Location. 30° 2.854′ N, 90° 40.8′ W. Marker is in Gramercy, Louisiana, in St. James Parish. It is on East Jefferson Highway (State Highway 44) 0.1 miles east of South Willow Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: East Jefferson Highway, Gramercy LA 70052, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the River Parishes

and in Greater New Orleans.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

on the Gulf Coast,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Golden Grove Plantation (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Colonial Sugars Refinery (approx. 0.3 miles away); A Day of Honor

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Gramercy (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lutcher (approx. one mile away); Lutcher United Methodist Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bald Cypress (approx. 1.7 miles away); Willow (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gramercy.

Also see . . . Louisiana Sugar Refining website. (Submitted on February 25, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Colonial Sugars Refinery (Now Louisiana Sugar Refining) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 20, 2015

2. Colonial Sugars Refinery (Now Louisiana Sugar Refining)

Looking east towards old part of refinery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 20, 2015

3. Looking east towards old part of refinery.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 3,015 times since then and 141 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 25, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.