Felicity Plantation

Felicity Plantation
Three story tall large white house with fields in the foreground and trees in the background.
The plantation house in 2010
Felicity Plantation is located in Louisiana
Felicity Plantation
Location3351 Louisiana Highway 18
Vacheria, Louisiana
Coordinates30°0′25″N 90°46′22″W / 30.00694°N 90.77278°W / 30.00694; -90.77278
Built1846 (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]

  1. ^ "Welcome to St. Joseph Plantation". Stjosephplantation.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ Butler, Anne (15 April 2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-58980-709-9.
  3. ^ a b c The Majesty of the River Road. Pelican Publishing. November 2007. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4556-0825-6.
  4. ^ a b 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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