Bayside (Jeanerette, Louisiana)

Bayside is plantation comprising a historic plantation house built in 1850 by Francis DuBose Richardson on the Bayou Teche in Jeanerette, Louisiana, United States. Richardson, a classmate and friend of Edgar Allan Poe, purchased the land for a sugar plantation.[2]

Bayside
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bayside Plantation Home
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Location	Along LA 87, about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) northwest of Jeanerette, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°55′55″N 91°40′47″W
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1850
Architect	Francis D. Richardson
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	86003747[1]
Added to NRHP	January 29, 1987

Richardson attended St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland. He was elected to the Louisiana Senate and sponsored legislation establishing the Louisiana School for the Blind, which institution is extant in Baton Rouge. His daughter, Bethia Richardson, married Donelson Caffery II, a Louisiana State Senator and a United States Senator. Richardson's great grandson, Patrick Thomson Caffery served as a Louisiana State Representative and a United States Representative. It is believed that Edgar Allan Poe slept at Bayside while visiting Richardson.

Despite some alterations and an unclear architectural development, the two-story brick Greek Revival plantation house remains one of Iberia Parish's finest Greek Revival structures.[3][4]

The house and surrounding 6 acres (2.4 ha) area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1987.[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Iberia Parish, Louisiana

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Butler, Anne (2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing Co. p. 72.
3. "Bayside" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018. with a photo and two maps Archived 2018-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
4. National Register Staff (November 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Bayside". National Park Service. Retrieved May 24, 2018. With six photos from 1986.