Highlands/Perkins in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

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Pigeonnier

(Dovecote)

— Circa 1890 —

Pigeonnier Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 18, 2009

1. Pigeonnier Marker

Inscription. Pigeonniers were built to house pigeons, a valuable source of food and fertilizer. French colonists brought the tradition of the pigeonnier from their native country, where it is considered a status symbol. In Louisiana, plantation owners placed these decorative buildings in the landscape to enhance their plantation houses. Pigeonniers were designed to allow the birds to roost well above the ground to protect them from predators.

This pigeonnier was built circa 1890 on Mound Place Plantation in Tensas Parish.

Erected by Mrs. Patricia Curry Bagwell in honor of the Curry Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Animals • Horticulture & Forestry • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 30° 24.643′ N, 91° 6.941′ W. Marker was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It was in Highlands/Perkins. It could be reached from Essen Lane south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling south. Located on the LSU Rural Life Museum

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complex. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 4560 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge LA 70808, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It was also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it was in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 location: Mound Place Pigeon Cote (here, next to this marker); Overseer's House (within shouting distance of this marker); Commissary (within shouting distance of this marker); Schoolhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Farquhar Steam Engine Boiler (within shouting distance of this marker); Romeville Post Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Bagatelle Kitchen (within shouting distance

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 18, 2009

2. Pigeonnier

of this marker); Smokehouse (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

Pigeonnier insides image. Click for full size.

December 18, 2009

3. Pigeonnier insides

Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2015. This page has been viewed 677 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 11, 2015. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.