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Judge Poch้ Plantation House

 
 
Judge Poch้ Plantation House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 25, 2015
1. Judge Poch้ Plantation House Marker
Inscription. Felix Pierre Poch้, Civil War diarist, Democratic party leader, prominent jurist and one of founders of American Bar Association, built this Victorian Renaissance Revival style plantation with unusual front dormer c. 1870.
 
Erected 1981 by Department Culture, Recreation and Industry.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsSettlements & SettlersWar, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
 
Location. 30° 0.738′ N, 90° 49.668′ W. Marker is in Convent, Louisiana, in St. James Parish. It is at the intersection of River Road (State Highway 44) and Judge Poche Road, on the right when traveling north on River Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6554 LA-44, Convent LA 70723, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Convent (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of First Acadian Settlers in Louisiana (approx. 0.8 miles away); St. Jacques de Cabahanoce (approx. 0.9 miles away); Manresa House of Retreats (approx. 1.4 miles away); Uncle Sam Plantation (approx. 1.6 miles away); Cabahanoce Plantation (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Settlement Of Freetown
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(approx. 2.4 miles away); Malarcher House (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Convent.
 
Judge Poch้ Plantation House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 25, 2015
2. Judge Poch้ Plantation House Marker
Judge Poch้ Plantation House Marker image. Click for full size.
July 25, 2015
3. Judge Poch้ Plantation House Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2015. This page has been viewed 944 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 26, 2015. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 14, 2026