Hermitage (Darrow, Louisiana)

Hermitage
Nearest city Darrow, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°6′55″N 90°57′45″W / 30.11528°N 90.96250°W / 30.11528; -90.96250Coordinates: 30°6′55″N 90°57′45″W / 30.11528°N 90.96250°W / 30.11528; -90.96250
Area 25 acres (10 ha)
Built 1812
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 73000859[1]
Added to NRHP April 13, 1973

L'Hermitage is a Greek Revival plantation home. Marius Pons Bringier commissioned the home to be built in Burnside, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, as a wedding gift for his son, Michel Douradou Bringier (1789-1847), in 1812.

Michel served as an aide to Andrew Jackson on the Chalmette battlefield (1814-15) during the War of 1812. L'Hermitage was named after General Andrew Jackson's home in Nashville, Tennessee.

General and Mrs. Jackson visited here in the 1820s.[2]

This is likely the plantation on which Pierre Caliste Landry grew up; he was born on the Prevost plantation and was purchased at age 13 (circa 1854) by a Bringier family member who inherited L'Hermitage. After the American Civil War, Landry became Mayor of Donaldsonville and the first African American mayor in the United States.

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References

  1. ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. "L'Hermitage Historical Marker".

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