Crawfish Boil at Mary plantation

Mary Plantation House A French-Colonial style plantation is located downriver from Braithwaite, Louisiana. It was built in 1795  and enlarged in the 1820's. 

I was invited to this crawfish boil at Mary Plantation House sometime during the Summer of 2005 before Hurricane Katrina when everything was still well in Louisiana. Mary Plantation is a Creole style plantation house built in 1795 making it the oldest structure in Plaquemines Parish, The plantation recently was sold at auction for $770,000. 

 

 

Overlooking the east bank of the Mississippi River on 7 1/2 beautifully landscaped acres of high ground with century's old moss draped live oaks near Braithwaite. The former owners good friends, Blaine and Stephanie are fellow preservationist and antiques dealers who owns properties in the French Quarter and Missouri.

 

 

The ambience of the place on the sunny summer day was amazing! There was a old fashion banjo band on the Veranda serenading us with melody's of the Old South. Crawfish boiling in large pot's and poured onto makeshift sawhorse tables, and great conversation. I will remember the day well because I sold over $20,000 in Antiques.  Blaine and Stephanie Had lovingly  restored the century's old home and furnished it with furniture and decorative arts of the late 18th early 19th century. 

Mary Plantation – Like many Louisiana plantation homes, Mary began as a simple cottage around 1795 but by 1827 was expanded to reflect her occupants’ growing prosperity. The house is the oldest surviving structure in Plaquemines Parish – Braithwaite, Louisiana. 

Typical of an early Louisiana French Creole planter’s home, Mary’s plan consists of an upper story supported on a tall raised brick basement of 16″ thick brick. Each story is comprised of two large front rooms, and two smaller rooms flanking a small entry area with a stairwell in the rear. The roof is constructed with cypress timbers pegged together to form a colombage frame supporting slate tile. The upper and lower stores are wrapped by broad galleries supported by cypress chamfered shaped posts above and stucco columns beneath.

The upper and lower stores are wrapped by broad galleries supported by cypress chamfered shaped posts above and stucco columns beneath.

The Crawfish 

The Creole Dinning room 

1820's Creole cypress mantel in the dinning room 

1820's Creole cypress mantel in the dinning room 

Creole cypress staircase probably original to the 1795 house.