English French LaChapelle House, c. 1848 This French Creole style house stood at the corner of Union and Grolee Streets in Opelousas for more than a century.  Clerk of Court records indicate the house was built by Pierre Hubert Langlois dit LaChapelle, a French Canadian who located to Opelousas from Québec during the 1800s.  He …

English French 19th Century Outhouse, c. 1890 While outhouses typically featured two seats, one for adults and one for children, this outhouse features a three-seat design.   Often times, crescent moon and star cutouts were used on outhouse doors, which goes back to colonial times. In a time when few people could read, the crescent moon …

English French Doctor’s Office, 1908 Built at the turn of the 20th century in the rural community of Prairie Ronde, this quaint little building housed the medical clinic of Dr. Ertemon Lafleur. He also delivered babies, pulled teeth and mixed medicine. Money was scarce back then and often times he took payment in the form …

English French Vénus House, circa 1791 This Creole house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on the Louisiana African- American Heritage Trail.   The house is named after its former owner and occupant, Marie- Françoise Vénus, a freed Native American enslaved woman, who lived in the house during the late 1700s.   …