Martin Donato House

Martin Donato House
Martin Donato House is located in Louisiana
Martin Donato House
Location within Louisiana
Location8343 Louisiana Highway 182, Opelousas, Louisiana
Area75.6 acres (30.6 ha)
Builtc.1825
Architectural styleFrench Creole
MPSLouisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS
NRHP reference No.05000345[1]
Added to NRHPApril 27, 2005

The Martin Donato House, in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, was built around 1825. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

It was deemed significant as "an important and rare surviving French Creole house within St. Landry Parish. It is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of ethnic heritage because it embodies the economic attainment of an important ethnic group in antebellum St. Landry - the gens de couleur libres, or free people of color. Specifically it was home to the Donato family, the most prosperous free people of color family in the parish."[2] Martin Donatto was a Free Black slave owner who owned 70 slaves in 1830.[3]

It is located at 8343 Louisiana Highway 182 near Opelousas, Louisiana, about a quarter mile off the highway.[2]

It is a single-story French Creole plantation house with Federal details. It has also been known as the August Donato House.[2]

It was in deteriorated condition in 2004.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 National Register Staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (June 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Martin Donato House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 22, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 2004
  3. ↑ Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical
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