File:View of north elevation. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA HAER LA,29-THIB,1L-1.tif

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View of north elevation. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
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View of north elevation. - Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, School House, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA
Description
Barker-Lepine; Lowe, Jet; Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Depicted place Louisiana; Lafourche Parish; Thibodaux
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER LA,29-THIB,1L-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Built around 1906 by Barker-Lepine, this building served the educational needs of the plantation children until its closing in 1952. The structure follows and open construction, with a perimeter gallery and a modified hip-gabled tin roof that creates a four sided porch along the sides. At one time there was a chimney of pipe and brick for a cast-iron stove, In 1965, Hurricane Betsy knocked the cypress board and batten building off its brick footings.
  • Survey number: HAER LA-1-L
  • Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1952
  • Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/la0205.photos.072546p
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