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

Olivier Plantation

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2010

1. Olivier Plantation Marker

Inscription. After starting business in 1898, Jules Olivier built this store in 1908 to serve his growing plantation. Mr. Olivier was commissioned the community's first postmaster in 1898 and his store housed the first Lydia post office until the arrival of rural free delivery. Selling everything from aspirins to plow shares, the store soon became a community hub. It also housed administrative offices for his sugar plantation of over one thousand acres.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.

Location. 29° 55.167′ N, 91° 47.907′ W. Marker is in Lydia, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish. It is on Weeks Island Road (State Highway 83) 0.3 miles east of Coulee Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Iberia LA 70560, 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 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Beau Pre-Circa 1828 (approx. 5.6 miles away); Frederick Larned Gates (approx. 5.7 miles away); New Iberia / La Nouvelle-Ibérie (approx. 5.8 miles away); Félicité (approx. 5.8 miles away); Becoming New Iberia (approx. 5.8 miles away); Frédéric Henri Duperier

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(approx. 5.8 miles away); The Original New Iberia Fire Bell (approx. 5.8 miles away); Saint Peter's College (approx. 5.8 miles away).

Olivier Plantation Marker and Plantation Store. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 1, 2010

2. Olivier Plantation Marker and Plantation Store.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2015. This page has been viewed 2,063 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 5, 2015. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.