• • 5 Susie Walking Driving Driving Tour-East 9957 Hwy. 182 near Garden City & This almost square hip-roofed Map on page 2 plantation house was built on part of the original Demaret tract about 1852 by Royal Harris. His widow 1 Shakespeare Allen House married John H. Darnall and Tour of Historic 9105 Hwy. 182 in Centerville continued to live there until her death. Louis Kramer was a later owner. With identical front and rear Susie was restored in 1970 by Mrs. Fairfax Foster Bailey. Its chimneys, Franklin Area Homes facades, this majestic Greek Revival unfortunately, were not replaced. A Harris tomb stands near the house. home was built before 1853, 6 Frances Plantation rom the Main Street of Franklin, probably by Simeon Smith. In with its boulevard of cast iron 1861 it was sold by Thomas Hine 10234 Hwy. 182 at Garden City street lamps, to the surrounding to David Berwick, who donated the house to his daughter Louisa, wife of This circa-1810 plantation home F was built by Louis George areas, lovers of historic homes will find Dr. Shakespeare Allen. Occupied for many years by the Allen family, later Demaret on a Spanish land grant. much to enjoy in this self-guided walking owners were Woodmen of the World and Mr. and Mrs. James Emmet Luke. Present owners are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Seeger. Home of Mrs. Elizabeth Demaret and driving tour of the 34 properties Hawkins for many years, Frances is highlighted within. Franklin and its 2 Joshua Cary House named for the daughter of Louis Kramer, its 1879 purchaser. A splendid surrounding areas are an Anglo-Saxon 9107 Hwy. 182 in Centerville restoration was completed in the 1960s by Mrs. Fairfax Foster Bailey, pocket within French Acadiana, with This handsome Greek Revival, descendent of the builder. Briquette-entre-poteau construction is featured. numerous examples of well-preserved constructed by Joshua Cary in 1839, Greek Revival architecture. was the home for many years of 7 Alice C. Plantation This tour is oriented from east to west, Mrs. Elizabeth Demaret Hawkins 10736 Hwy. 182 near Garden City starting at number one: Driving Tour– after she sold Frances Plantation. With architectural style said East, a Walking Tour in downtown Other owners include Mrs. Gus Vetter and C. J. Peltier. Later owners to reflect an eastern seaboard Franklin and finally Driving Tour–West. Mr. and Mrs. Earl “Mike” Robicheaux completed an excellent restoration. influence, this dignified plantation The complete Driving Tour is detailed on Present owners are Mr. and Mrs. David Hanagriff. home was built by Jotham Bedell, one map, the Walking Tour on another. who owned the property from 1846 3 Kennedy Hotel But whether you view all 34 or just a to 1859, and named by a subsequent owner, John Calder, for his wife Alice. 9106 Hwy. 182 in Centerville few of our noteworthy antebellum homes Home of Warren Foster for many years, recently it was carefully restored When William S. Cary sold this and plantations, you will experience an by Mr. and Mrs. Gary Drinkwater. A lofty appearance from the rear is building to Nathan Lyman in 1855, among its notable features. unforgettable glimpse of the past between the conveyance records describe the the moss-covered live oaks on the Cajun building as a “hotel house.” Owned 8 Dixie Coast’s boulevards and byways. for 30 years by the family of Thomas 11076 Hwy. 182 near Franklin All houses in tour are private unless Kennedy, who acquired the house in the 1870s, the Kennedy Hotel is now Charming and beloved Dixie was otherwise noted. owned by Mr. Charles Luke. built by Hilaric Carlin about 1835. • 4 Bocage-on-the-Teche Purchased by Richard A. Wilkins Home descriptions by Dr. Thomas F. Kramer, in 1846, it was the setting for the member and past president of the St. Mary 9600 Hwy. 182 near Centerville marriage of Confederate General Chapter of the Louisiana Landmarks Society Originally named Oakbluff, this George Edward Pickett to Mrs. Wilkin’s sister, Sally Minge, in 1851. beautifully proportioned Greek The plantation was named Dixie when acquired by the first Governor and Revival mansion was built about Mrs. Murphy J. Foster in 1883. Gov. Foster was later a U.S. Senator. The 1846, probably by David Bell. It house is now owned by Mr. & Mrs. John Werner. was the home of the Edmond Rose family for many years. Theodore Roosevelt was twice a guest in the home during the Rose ownership. In 1969 the 100-plus-ton house was moved by barge seven miles downstream to its present spectacular setting on the Teche by then owner Mrs. Fairfax Foster Bailey, who carried out a marvel- • ous restoration. It is now the home of Dr. and Mrs. Steve McPherson. 1 • (800) 256-2931 • www.cajuncoast.com Charenton 30 Driving Tour ad o R 33 d 31 n • • e B 322 AYOU h B 326 s i T r 182 182 I 182 29 EC N 3 1 H 4 2 E 34 32 182 WALKING 6 5 90 Baldwin 3211 7 TO LAFAYETTE 90 TOUR 10 9 8 Centerville 3215 83 317 90 TouristFranklin TO MORGAN CITY Center Garden City 13 Cypress House 9 Arlington 11532 Hwy. 182 walking Tour 300 Main Street Built at the turn of the 19th just east of Franklin Map on page 3 Called “a spectacular rescue century by Wilson McKerall, in 1965 by Mr. and Mrs. Carl onetime mayor of Franklin, this 11 Hanson House Bauer,” this magnificent Corinthian architecturally eclectic house has a columned mansion was built in the 114 E. Main Street hipped roof, a beveled beaded glass 1830s by Euphroisie Carlin on a large Spanish land grant. It is said to have This gracious Greek Revival home door and one-story Corinthian columns supporting a second story balcony been spared destruction by Yankee forces during the Civil War because was constructed about 1849 by with a parapet. This is currently the home of Dr. and Mrs. Chris Ritter. its mistress was from Indiana. First restored by Sully Martel in 1904, past Thomas Smardon, an Englishman. 14 Magnolia Hall owners Mr. and Mrs. John T. Johnson carefully maintained Arlington, Louis Kramer sold it in 1883 to which features great crossed halls, a front portico duplicated in rear and lumber magnate Albert Hanson, 302 Main Street identical side porticos. Present owners are Dr. and Mrs. Matthew LeBoeuf. who tastefully enlarged the house to its present size and embellished it In 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence with his custom millwork. Hanson descendents have owned and improved Baughman built this carefully 10 Fairfax (Shady Retreat) the house for the past 128 years. constructed house patterned 99 Main Street after Lansdowne in Natchez, Miss. 12 Palfrey House This beautifully situated mansion The elevated brick home is graced was built in 1852 by John Barrett 200 Main Street by a belvedere and a gallery bordered by four fluted Doric columns Murphy for his daughter Martha, Featuring Temple of the Winds connected by iron gridwork. Magnolia Hall is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. wife of Thomas J. Foster. It was capitals on its fluted columns, Joe Duck. this imposing Greek Revival was enlarged and modified in the 1930s 15 Foster-O’Neil House by the builder’s descendent, W. Prescott Foster. Interesting gallery windows built in 1851 by Governor Joshua have sliding lower panels. Fairfax is now a bed and breakfast and reception Baker for his daughter Fannie, who 201 Main Street facility owned by Mr. Gary Blum. married Charles Palfrey. Acquired from subsequent owners by Mrs. Henry This delightful Greek Revival Palfrey in 1892, the home was restored in the 1950s by the present owner, cottage was built before 1851 by Mrs. David H. Stiel Jr., a granddaughter of Mrs. Palfrey. The portico is Thomas J. Foster, father of the repeated at the rear; an antebellum privy is a recent restoration. first Governor Murphy J. Foster. Acquired in 1872 by Mayor Wilson McKerall Jr. and sold in 1895 to his son-in-law John A. O’Niell, the house is currently utilized as an office. 2 Sterling Rd. 16 Mentz-Fleming House Cemetery To houses 29 203 Main Street The facade of this house features -34 B Franklin four square two-story columns that A E Oak St. Y C H support a pediment adorned by a W O U T E es Tec t M he D 11 Upperline quatre-foil window. The east side ain 22 rive 12 10 Court- 14 13 - features an interesting bay window Library house Gates To houses 1 Square East Main addition. Built circa 1890 by Phillip H. Mentz, it was the home of the 15 City 18 17 Foster Mahon family for many years and later the home of the Judge Robert Hall 20 23 Post 16 Fleming family. It is now the office of the J. M. Burguieres Company. Office 19 First St. 21 Second St. Iberia St. 24 17 Gates House Third St. 25 Second St. Dr. Bodin 205 E. Main Street St. Clark Adams St. Morris St. Morris This elegant Greek Revival raised Jackson St. 26 cottage was built in 1851 by Alfred Third St. St. Caery Gates of cypress processed at his St. Wilson lumber mill. The house features a walking Tour 27 hipped roof surmounted by a large 28 MLK belvedere. Home of the Matthew Bell family for 50 years and later owned St. Willow N by the Dr. Guy Aycock family. It was restored in 1965 by Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Robert Brumby, the latter a descendent of the builder.