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]
Martin Donato House | |
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| Location | 8343 Louisiana Highway 182, Opelousas, Louisiana |
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| Area | 75.6 acres (30.6 ha) |
| Built | c.1825 |
| Architectural style | French Creole |
| MPS | Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000345[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 27, 2005 |
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
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical
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