On Jungle Garden Road near Avery Island/Main Road.
Avery Island is a 2,200 acre salt dome located in coastal Iberia Parish. The dome's elevation supports habitats not found in the surrounding marshes, swamps and parishes.Avery Island stands out from the surrounding wetlands, rising at its . . . — — Map (db m118435) HM
Near Avery Island Road (State Highway 329) 2.5 miles south of Hayes Road (County Highway 914).
Placed on the
National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior September 2018
Ancestral Home of the Inter-related Marsh, Avery, and McIlhenny Families; Birthplace of World-famous Tabasco® Brand Pepper . . . — — Map (db m213871) HM
Jungle Gardens includes one of the oldest timber bamboo groves in America.
In 1909, Edward Avery Mcllhenny wrote to the USDA's Bureau of Plant
Industry to inquire about growing Bamboo on Avery Island. At the time
Mcllhenny believed bamboo could . . . — — Map (db m126096) HM
On Jungle Garden Road near Avery Island Road/Main Road, on the right when traveling west.
Petite Anse actually means "Little Cove"'' in Louisiana French.
This particular bayou runs along the west side of Avery
Island before flowing south into Vermilion Bay and the Gulf
of Mexico (through the Avery Canal). In the 19th . . . — — Map (db m118481) HM
On Jungle Garden Road, on the right when traveling north.
Edward Avery McIlhenny was inspired to create Bird City after a British colonial
official visited Avery Island. The official told the story of a Rajah in India who
built enormous "flying cages” (aviaries) to house his live bird collection. . . . — — Map (db m199131) HM
On Jungle Garden Road near Avery Island Road/Main Road.
This structure is known as the Ward Boathouse. Like Edward
Avery Mclhenny, Charles Willis Ward (1856-1920) ran a
plant nursery and was an avid conservationist. Around 1910,
McIlhenny and Ward met, and with McIlhenny's permission
Ward set up a . . . — — Map (db m118532) HM
In 1936, a year after Jungle Gardens opened to the public, two of McIlhenny's
friends, Robert M. Youngs and Ernest B. Tracy of New York City, presented him
with a magnificent Buddha statue that they hoped would find an ideal home
among his Asian . . . — — Map (db m118857) HM
Edmund McIlhenny concocted the now famous TABASCO® brand pepper sauce in a wooden frame building called the “Laboratory” on the Homestead grounds of the Avery McIlhenny family. A factory built in the early 1900s replaced the Laboratory . . . — — Map (db m62015) HM
On Avery Island Road (State Highway 329) 0.2 miles north of Pepper Field Road, on the left when traveling north.
Salt evaporated from brine springs on Avery Island since 1791. On May 4, 1862, workmen enlarging these springs to produce more salt for the Confederacy hit solid salt at a depth of 16 feet. Mining operations, the first of this type in North America, . . . — — Map (db m195107) HM
On Jungle Garden Road, on the right when traveling north.
A self taught naturalist, Edward Avery McIlhenny returned to Avery Island from an arctic expedition in 1898. He shortly took over the family's TABASCO® pepper sauce business. McIlhenny married Mary Matthews of New Orleans and built a house in what . . . — — Map (db m118876) HM
On Jungle Garden Road south of Avery Island Road, on the left when traveling west.
This area was once known as the Hog Lot. It provided green
pastures for grazing pigs and horses alike and became part
of Jungle Gardens in the 1930s. The live oaks here were
planted between the 1860s and the 1920s.
Natural groves of live oaks . . . — — Map (db m126097) HM
On Jungle Garden Road, on the right when traveling north.
In its day, this garden was an engineering marvel. Avery Island is an extruded "bubble" of a salt dome, formed from the salt of an ancient Jurassic sea that left a vast bed of salt far below the marshy surface along the Louisiana coast. Over the . . . — — Map (db m119738) HM
On Jungle Garden Road near Avery Island Road/Main Road.
The Cleveland Oak was named for Grover Cleveland
(1837-1908), the two-term U.S. President (1885-1889 and
1893-1897). Cleveland was a close friend of Joe Jefferson
(1829-1905), the actor of Rip Van Winkle fame who owned
nearby Jefferson Island. . . . — — Map (db m118534) HM
This Buddah Was built for the Shonfa Temple located northeast of Peking, by the order of Emperor Hui-Tsung 1101-1125
Its builder was Chon-Ha-Chin, most noted of ancient Buddah makers.The temple was looted by a rebel general who took . . . — — Map (db m118855) HM
On Old Jeanerette Road (Louisiana Route 87) 0.5 miles north of Bayside Road (Louisiana Road 3182), on the right when traveling north.
Built by Agricole Fuselier de la Claire,
a planter and cousin of A. B. Roman,
Governor of Louisiana
(1831-1835, 1839-1843).
The house was floated up Bayou Teche
from Baldwin to its present site
by a descendant of the Builder. — — Map (db m228282) HM
On Old Jeanerette Road (State Highway 87) 0.1 miles north of Bayside Street (Route 3182), on the right when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m85042) HM
On East Old Spanish Trail (State Highway 182) 0.4 miles south of LSU Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north.
This home, originally known as Pine Grove, was bought in 1830 by John W. Jeanerette, the first postmaster between New Iberia and Charenton, and for whom Jeanerette is named. This historic home escaped the destruction of military operations in the . . . — — Map (db m85278) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 182) at Henkle Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
This East Lake Victorian home, built in 1897, was the home of Harry Bertram Hewes until his death in 1953. Hewes, descendant of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, was a founder and co~owner of Jeanerette Lumber and Shingle Co., . . . — — Map (db m86599) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 182) at Trappey Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
"The Father of Jeanerette." Buried here September 12, 1816. One of the area’s first landowners. Town of Jeanerette grew up on site of his plantation. His descendants have been prominent in local history. — — Map (db m86628) HM
On St. Nicholas Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on St. Nicholas Street.
Founded 12 January 1879 by Napoleon J. Perche, Archbishop of New Orleans. The present church was built in 1908, Rev. M. Bardy, pastor, August 1885 - June 1928. — — Map (db m86664) HM
On Bridge Street (State Highway 344) near South Main Street (Route 86).
About 200 destitute Acadians, former
prisoners of the British in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, arrived in New Orleans in February
1765. Offered fertile land in the Attakapas
District of what is now south-central Louisiana,
these exiles reached Bayou . . . — — Map (db m228254) HM
On South Main Street (State Highway 86) north of Daigre Street, on the right when traveling north.
Panel 1 World War I Oliver Courville Charles Wallet Richard Windybank World War II Joseph A. Crochet Richard Fontenette Warren Granger Earl LeCamus Beraud Mestayer Oswald P. Ransonet Joseph Eddie Terradot ★ ★ ★ ★ To . . . — — Map (db m228447) WM
On Bridge Street (State Highway 344) 0.2 miles west of Main Street (Highway 86), on the left when traveling west.
English Side In Spring 1765, during the Spanish Rule of
Louisiana, approximately 200 Acadian refugees
representing 60 families were settled here on
the Teche Ridge in three encampments along
the "Fausse Pointe" that includes . . . — — Map (db m228283) HM
On Bridge Street (Route 344) 0.2 miles west of Main Street (Route 86), on the left when traveling west.
Panel 1 English L'Acadie, established by France in 1604, was a
strategically located and highly coveted colony. In 1713, it
was handed over to England and renamed Nova Scotia. The
foundation of Halifax, in 1749, led part of the. . . . — — Map (db m228406) HM
On Bridge Street (State Highway 344) 0.1 miles west of South Main Street (State Highway 86), on the left when traveling west.
Like many communities along the Teche, early life in the village of Loreauville revolved around the church. Ozaire Joseph Loreau
donated a piece of property in 1871 with the stipulation that a church be constructed in what was then called Fausse . . . — — Map (db m241839) HM
On Weeks Island Road (State Highway 83) 0.3 miles east of Coulee Road, on the left when traveling east.
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 . . . — — Map (db m85052) HM
On Jefferson Street at West Main Street (Louisiana Highway 182), on the right when traveling west on Jefferson Street.
Consecrated in 1858 on land donated by plantation owner Harvey Hopkins, the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany is the oldest church building still in use in New Iberia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. One thing . . . — — Map (db m99361) HM
Near North Weeks Street near East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Because movement here in the late 1800s was easier by water than by land, many daily activities occurred on or along Bayou Teche, including transportation, trade, and mail delivery.Bayou Teche is an ancient channel of the Mississippi River, . . . — — Map (db m116057) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) 0.1 miles west of South Weeks Street, on the left when traveling east.
Originally the Iberia House, the Bezus Building was erected circa 1880 on property purchased in 1868 by Laurent Bazus, a native of Vin-En-Bigorre, France. It is considered the oldest existing structure in New Iberia's downtown. Laurent's heirs have . . . — — Map (db m104453) HM
Near East Main Styreet (State Highway 182) near Civic Center Circle, on the right when traveling north.
In 1779, a group of about 500 Spanish settlers moved from Malaga, Spain to the banks of Bayou Teche and founded the city of "Nueva Iberia," named after their Iberian Peninsula. It is the only town still in existence in Louisiana to be founded by . . . — — Map (db m98640) HM
On Belmont Road (State Highway 86) 0.3 miles west of Daspit Road, on the left when traveling west.
Land was an original Spanish Grant to Francois Pellerin. Property then owned successively by the Sterling, Peebles and finally the Wyche families. This plantation has produced sugar since the late 19th century and is site of unusual water powered . . . — — Map (db m145406) HM
On Iberia Street west of East Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.
Booker T. Washington's Historic Visit to Howe Institute April 14, 1915
National attention was drawn to New Iberia when celebrated
orator, educator and presidential adviser, Booker T. Washington,
visited Howe on April 14, 1915, as part of . . . — — Map (db m189356) HM
Near East Main Street near Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.
Frédéric Henri Dupérier, under whose leadership New Iberia was
incorporated in 1839, along with his wife, Hortense Bérard, donated the
land for St. Peter's Catholic Church in 1837. Dupérier asked that this alley remain open for his family's . . . — — Map (db m129771) HM
Frédéric Henri Duperier originally donated Church Alley
to the City of New lberia. The Duperier family lived across
the Bayou Teche in the mansion that was to become
Mt. Carmel Academy. In 1837, Duperier donated the land
for St. Peter's Catholic . . . — — Map (db m129999) HM
Actor, Author and Artist
Designed and built this home in 1870
Rip Van Winkle Gardens
Named for the character which he
immortalized and which in his day
made him America's most celebrate actor — — Map (db m198865) HM
On French Street at Field Street, on the right when traveling west on French Street.
Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they supported Black workers, who successfully petitioned the federal . . . — — Map (db m145416) HM
On East Main Street (Highway 182) north of Julia Street, on the right when traveling north.
After the Great Fire of 1870, the Dreyfus Building was partitioned in 1929, with this portion becoming one of the city's early movie houses, The Evangeline Theater., Opened on April 19, 1930, by the Theodore Sliman Family, the building was . . . — — Map (db m104442) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at Civic Center Circle, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
A black woman, native of Haiti. During the yellow fever epidemic here in 1839, she nursed the sick, administered to the dying, closed the eyes of the dead, and wept over their graves. Loved and honored by townspeople for the remainder of her life, . . . — — Map (db m85048) HM
Near East Main Street (State Highway 182) near Civic Center Circle, on the left when traveling east.
A native of Philadelphia whose family refugeed from Haiti, he settled here in 1816. In 1825 he married Hortense Bérard and purchased land here. A merchant and planter, he and his wife donated in 1837 the land upon which the Catholic church was . . . — — Map (db m93351) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at Prairie Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Former home of Frederick Larned Gates (1827-1897), outstanding citizen, businessman, lawyer and Civil War veteran. He served as district judge in the 1870's and 1880's. As an early industrialist, Gates developed a cotton seed oil business which was . . . — — Map (db m85047) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) near Civic Center Circle, on the right when traveling north.
St. Peter's College, a Catholic boys' school, opened on September 9, 1918, and educated young men in grades 1-12. The first commencement was held on June 20, 1922. Inaugural faculty members were Brother A. Arsenius (principal), Brother A. Xavier, . . . — — Map (db m99403) HM
On South Iberia Street west of East Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.
Site of the first organized school for Black students in Iberia Parish, controlled by the Union 6th District Missionary Baptist Association, with Mr. Jonas Henderson, Sr. , principal and a dedicated staff of professionals. — — Map (db m98518) HM
On South Iberia Street west of East Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.
Iberia Parish, created in 1868, conducted the business of government in rented space until 1884 with the building of the first permanent courthouse at present day Bouligny Plaza on Main Street. With the help of Public Works Administration funds, . . . — — Map (db m99724) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) south of Bridge Street (State Route 86), on the right when traveling north.
Fans of author James Lee Burke will easily recognize New Iberia as the settings for several of his famed Dave Robicheaux novels. Burke, who has been called the Faulkner of crime fiction, spent summers with his family in New Iberia. This area is . . . — — Map (db m104429) HM
On Rip Van Winkle Road (Parish Road 702) at Excalibur Road, in the median on Rip Van Winkle Road.
Once known as Orange Island purchased after the Civil War by Joseph Jefferson (1829 to 1905), world famous actor and artist. Home designed and built about 1870. — — Map (db m105148) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) north of Iberia Street, on the right when traveling north.
Side 1 On November 15, 2003, Kathleen Babineaux
Blanco became the first woman to be
elected as Governor of Louisiana. Born in
New Iberia, Blanco attended Mount Carmel
Academy, an all-girls school run by the
Roman Catholic Sisters of Mount . . . — — Map (db m189240) HM
A lone chimney rises above the surface of Lake Peigneur as a reminder of the unusual disaster that occurred here in 1980. More than 140 years ago, Lake Peigneur was described as the most beautiful lake in the South. The present-day lake and . . . — — Map (db m118837) HM
Near West Main Street (State Highway 182) west of North Iberia Street, on the right when traveling west.
In the spring of 1779, Bouligny acting on order of Governor Bernardo de Galvez, led about 60 Spanish settlers to this site, marking the founding of New Iberia. To commemorate that event, the schoolchildren of New Iberia and the American Revolution . . . — — Map (db m86913) HM
On West Main Street near Iberia Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1897, Dr. Emma Wakefield became the first
Black woman to earn a medical degree in Louisiana.
Born and raised in New Iberia to state senator
Samuel Wakefield & Amelia Valentine Wakefield,
Emma graduated with honors from the . . . — — Map (db m129769) HM
On Bridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
An educational institution for girls established in 1872 by the Sisters of Mt. Carmel. The order was founded in 1825 in Tours, France. The old building which is nearest Bayou Teche was constructed by Henry F. Duperier in 1826. — — Map (db m49066) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at Civic Center Circle, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Early in 1779 Governor Galvez sent Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Bouligny with nearly five hundred Spanish and Canary Island Colonists to establish a settlement on the lower Bayou Teche in the Attakapas Country. These Spanish Colonists named their . . . — — Map (db m85049) HM
Near North Weeks Street south of East Main Street.
The wreckage of Teche, a steamship, lies buried below the surface at this site. The steamer, built in 1860, was originally named Sam Sugg and then Tom Sugg. It was constructed for commercial use with a small side-wheeled . . . — — Map (db m115657) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at Bridge Street (State Route 86), on the right when traveling north on East Main Street.
Originally part of the 1777 Spanish Land Grant to François Prévost, this Iberia to Julia Street property with its circa 1890 building was purchased by Frédéric Henri Dupérier in 1829. The property remained with the heirs of Dupérier until its sale . . . — — Map (db m104448) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) near Civic Center Drive, on the right when traveling north.
On this site stood the 1885 Gothic Revival home of John Marsh Henshaw, purchased by Monsignor Jean Marie Langlois in 1913, Saint Peter's College began educating boys on September 9, 1918. A school building was constructed east of the Henshaw . . . — — Map (db m99402) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 185) south of Julia Street, on the right when traveling south.
This building, constructed in the late 1880's, served as the easternmost terminus of The Great Fire of 1899.
Although its windows were blown out and its second floor interior charred, the brick structure stopped the fire from spreading farther . . . — — Map (db m99723) HM
Near East Main Street (State Highway 182) at North Weeks Street, on the right when traveling west.
Shadows-On-The Teche
Has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1975
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m87097) HM
On West Old Spanish Trail (State Highway 182) 1 mile Spanish Lake Road (Parish Road 123), on the right when traveling north.
From 1862-1863 Camp Pratt was official Confederate camp of conscription and instruction for South Louisiana. At one time as many as 3,000 conscripts here. A small compound for Union prisoners of war also located at the camp. — — Map (db m174096) HM
On West Old Spanish Trail (State Highway 182) at Spanish Lake Road (Parish Road 123), on the left when traveling south on West Old Spanish Trail.
First known as Lake Flamand for one of the early settlers, Jean Baptist Grevemberg; known as Lake Tasse by the French due to its cup shape; and known as Spanish Lake for early Spanish colonials who lived on its shores. — — Map (db m115654) HM
On French Street south of West Washington Street, on the right when traveling south.
Established Mar. 24, 1838. Interred here are F.H. Duperier, incorporator of New Iberia, U.S. Senators Robert & Edwin Broussard, Lt. Gov. Emile Verret, James Beddell, designer of "The Shadows," & other prominent individuals. — — Map (db m85276) HM
On Parkview Drive (State Highway 87) south of Kirk Street, on the right when traveling south.
This building, dedicated in 1951, was constructed with funds provided by the State of Louisiana. Designed by noted architect Owen J. Southwell, this local landmark, with its sugar cane mill inspired exterior and classic European Renaissance themed . . . — — Map (db m99928) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) north of Julia Street, on the right when traveling north.
This building, constructed in 1892 by the Jacob Davis Family on land purchased from Leonidas Serret, remained in the Davis family until its 1936 purchase by Dr. Paul A. Lebourgeois. The pediment brickwork of the second story facade is considered . . . — — Map (db m104430) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at Julia Street (Route 86), on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
In the late nineteenth century, the Dreyfus building functioned as a large wholesale grocery. The original brick structure dates back to the period just after the great fire of 1870. In late 1929, it was partitioned to create two buildings. The . . . — — Map (db m86987) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 182) at Jefferson Street (Route 3156), on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
Built in 1858 on land donated by Harvey Hopkins. Consecrated May 16, 1858 by the Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, first Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana. This Gothic Revival structure is the oldest non-residential building in New Iberia. During the War Between . . . — — Map (db m86911) HM
On West St. Peter Street (State Highway 182) at Railroad Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West St. Peter Street.
August Erath, born in Morat, Switzerland, in 1843, came to Louisiana in 1866, married Catherine Becht, and moved to New Iberia in 1876. Erath was a brewer by trade and practiced his art here for a few years. In 1884, he commissioned the construction . . . — — Map (db m87039) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 182) at Iberia Street, on the right when traveling south on West Main Street.
This building, having a second story gallery which extended over the sidewalk, was largely responsible for preventing a disastrous fire from spreading throughout the Town's business district. As flamed destroyed the block just east of here on the . . . — — Map (db m104451) HM
On East Main St. (State Highway 182) at Bridge Street (Route 86), on the left when traveling west on East Main St..
About 6:00 PM, October 10, 1899, fire started in a warehouse just east of here. Within minutes, the surrounding buildings were ablaze. The entire square, from Julia to Iberia Streets and from Main to St. Peter Streets burned before midnight. Only . . . — — Map (db m87040) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) west of North Weeks Street, on the right when traveling west.
Owned by the Fitzhugh Murray family for most of the 20th century, this building was occupied and leased by several buisnesses, including Deblanc and Landry Grocery, Tibby-Rouse Auto Parts, Berard Brothers Towing Company and Nick Fritella's Shoe . . . — — Map (db m87042) HM
Near East Main Street (State Highway 182) at Civic Center Circle, on the right when traveling west.
First hung at Fire Engine Company No. 1, Vine and Main Streets, circa 1868, this bell was moved to the Fire Station—City Hall—Central Market erected 1898 on Main. About 1900 the Bernard Blacksmith Shop, later the A.M. Bernard Wagon . . . — — Map (db m98516) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at North Iberia Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Throughout much of the nineteenth century, New Iberia was the area terminus for water-borne traffic on Bayou Teche from north and east. Barges, schooners and smaller craft plied the Teche until the coming of the steamboat. In the fall of 1830, the . . . — — Map (db m87096) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at South Weeks Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
Although a United States Post Office was established in New Iberia in 1814, local postal facilities were housed in rented space throughout the 19th century. In march 1899, through the efforts of Congressman Robert Broussard of New Iberia, congress . . . — — Map (db m87094) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) at Route 14, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
This building stands in what was known as "Weeks Grove" of Live Oak trees which extended from Bayou Teche southward for several blocks and which for years formed the eastern boundary of the town. About the turn of the century the "Weeks Grove" . . . — — Map (db m87122) HM
On Mia Pow Memorial Drive south of Marie Street, on the right when traveling south.
This building was built on property purchased from Dr. Andrew Emmer by the Iberia Parish Police Jury in 1948 during the period of patriotism following World War II. Designed by noted Louisiana architect A. Town Hays and constructed in 1949, the . . . — — Map (db m100171) HM WM
On East Main Street (State Highway 182) near Bridge Street, on the right when traveling north.
Everyone's heard of Louis Armstrong, the most famous New Orleans jazz trumpeter, but few know the music that inspired Armstrong came from William "Bunk" Johnson in the 1910s. Thirty years later, Armstrong and other jazz enthusiasts lifted "Bunk" . . . — — Map (db m98678) HM
On East Main Street at Bridge Street (State Route 86), on the right when traveling south on East Main Street.
Constructed after the Great Fire of 1899, these buildings once housed Jake Weil's clothing store named The Hub and Schwing and Carsten's Department Store. In 1932, Justin Wormser established Wormser's Department Store in the westernmost building. . . . — — Map (db m104449) HM
