Houma in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Residence Plantation

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 19, 2016

1. Residence Plantation Marker

Inscription. Queen Anne Revival style house built in 1898 by Roberta Volumnia Barrow Slatter. Constructed using materials from a house built on same site in 1854 by her parents noted Louisiana planter Robert Ruffin Barrow and Volumnia Hunley Barrow, sister of famed Confederate submariner Captain H.L. Hunley.

Erected by Wilson J. Gaidry, III.

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

Location. 29° 35.871′ N, 90° 41.381′ W. Marker is in Houma, Louisiana, in Terrebonne Parish. It is on East Park Avenue (State Highway 659) 0.2 miles west of Fookles Court, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Houma LA 70363, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Magnolia Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); A History of Terrebonne Parish (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Great Acadian Upheaval (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Grand Dérangement / Le Grand Dérangement (approx. 1.8 miles away); New Acadia / Nouvelle Acadie (approx. 1.8 miles away); Bayou Terrebonne (approx. 1.8 miles away); When Oysters Were King (approx. 1.8 miles away); 1834-1934 (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Houma.

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Another marker is no longer nearby. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 19, 2016

2. Residence Plantation Marker

Residence Plantation image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 19, 2016

3. Residence Plantation

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 4, 2016. This page has been viewed 1,127 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 4, 2016. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.