Helvetia Dependency
Helvetia Dependency | |
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  Location within Louisiana | |
| Nearest city | Darrow, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°07′02″N 90°57′44″W / 30.11722°N 90.96222°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1820 |
| Architectural style | Federal, French Creole |
| MPS | Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000570[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 4, 1992 |
The Helvetia Dependency is a historic pre-Civil War French Creole house in Darrow, Louisiana that was built in 1820.[2]
Background
The house was originally a raised two-story house in St. James Parish and was later moved to Ascension Parish and is currently one story.[3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1992.
See also
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References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ↑ Edwards, Jay D. (1982). A Survey of Louisiana French Vernacular Architecture, Vol. II (Report to the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and the Louisiana Division of the Arts). Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Museum of Geoscience, Louisiana State University.
- ↑ Campbell, Maire McDowell Pilkington (1981). Nostalgic Notes on St. James Parish, Louisiana: Then and Now. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: n.p.
