Jeanerette in Iberia Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Bayside Plantation

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2010

1. Bayside Plantation Marker

Inscription. 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 trees nearby.

Erected 1970 by Louisiana Tourist Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 29° 55.919′ N, 91° 40.868′ W. Marker is in Jeanerette, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish. It is on Old Jeanerette Road (State Highway 87) 0.1 miles north of Bayside Street (Route 3182), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jeanerette LA 70544, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Acadiana — Cajun Country

and specifically in Bayou Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

Acadia,

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: Alice Plantation House (approx. half a mile away); Harry B. Hewes House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Welcome to Jeanerette (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Sons of Jeanerette War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); St. John The Evangelist Church Parish (approx. 1.3 miles away); Streetcar Wheel (approx. 2 miles away); Steamboats (approx. 2 miles away); Nicholas Provôt (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jeanerette.

Bayside Plantation image. Click for full size.

April 1, 2010

2. Bayside Plantation

Bayside Plantation about 1970 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, circa 1970

3. Bayside Plantation about 1970

Credits. This page was last revised on September 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2015. This page has been viewed 1,286 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 5, 2015. 3. submitted on September 15, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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