Felicity Plantation

	Felicity Plantation
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The plantation house in 2010
Location	3351 Louisiana Highway 18; Vacheria, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°0′25″N 90°46′22″W / 30.00694°N 90.77278°W
Built	1846
NRHP reference No.	10000062
Designated	March 8, 2010

Felicity Plantation is a historic sugarcane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along Louisiana Highway 18 in Vacherie, St. James Parish. Felicity is a sister plantation to St. Joseph Plantation,^[1] and was built around 1846 (or 1850)^[2] by Valcour Aime as a wedding gift to his daughter, Felicite Emma, and her spouse, Septime Fortier,^[3] who was also her cousin.^[4] Acquired by a bank in 1873,^[4] the plantation was purchased by Saturnine Waguespack in 1890, who merged it with the St. Joseph Plantation to form the St. Joseph Plantation and Manufacturing Company.^[3] The house still remains in the Waguespack family.^[3]

Architecture

The antebellum plantation house has elements of French Colonial and Anglo-American styles.^[4] It is characterized by its wide hallways and high-ceilinged rooms, while featuring a carved cypress balustrade.^[4] Several of the rooms contain red Italian marble mantlepieces.^[3] Six wooden pillars are large in size and square in shape.^[2] The house was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and has since been restored.

Grounds

The grounds still contain an original barn and slave quarters houses.^[4]

In film

Several films have used the plantation as a location, including The Skeleton Key (2005) and 12 Years a Slave (2013), along with Season One of the WGN television series, Underground.

References

^ "Welcome to St. Joseph Plantation". Stjosephplantation.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b Butler, Anne (15 April 2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-58980-709-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Majesty of the River Road. Pelican Publishing. November 2007. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4556-0825-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Sternberg, Mary Ann (2013). Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 282–. ISBN 978-0-8071-5062-7.

30°00′20″N 90°45′55″W / 30.00545°N 90.76534°W / 30.00545; -90.76534

[1] "Welcome to St. Joseph Plantation". Stjosephplantation.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

[Butler2009-2] Butler, Anne (15 April 2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-58980-709-9.

[MRR-3] The Majesty of the River Road. Pelican Publishing. November 2007. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4556-0825-6.

[Sternberg2013-4] Sternberg, Mary Ann (2013). Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway. Louisiana State University Press. pp. 282–. ISBN 978-0-8071-5062-7.

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Grounds

In film

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