Beau Bassin
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Beau Bassin
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The house of Cajun rancher, Louis Arceneaux, he named his ranch Beau Bassin to honor the French settlement Beaubassin in his former homeland.
The Beau Bassin home built in the 1840s uniquely blends Cajun, Creole, and American architecture. The square columns on the porch are American Greek Revival, but the colombage and bousillage construction techniques are Cajun and Creole.
La Maison Beau Bassin is at the Vermilionville Living History Museum, an early Acadian settlement using original restored structures dating from 1765 to 1890. Vermilionville was the name given to the settlement near Bayou Vermilion that eventually grew to be Lafayette, Louisiana.
Copyright 2019 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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December 10th, 2019
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