231 N. Liberty Street
The lovely home that once stood on this property was very important to the history of Opelousas and Louisiana. Built in the 1850s by Opelousas attorney Theodose Robin, the home was later purchased in 1858 by Charles Homer Mouton, a district judge and Lt. Governor of Louisiana. Mouton, his wife Celimene Dupre and family lived there following this purchase. When Opelousas became the state capital of Louisiana during the Civil War, the home was used by Governor Thomas Overton Moore from May of 1862 until September of 1862 when the governor moved from Opelousas to Rapides parish. Since that time, the home was always referred to as the Governor’s Mansion, and was said to be the oldest remaining governor’s mansion in Louisiana. Following the war, the home was owned by several different families, and was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The home was in the process of being restored to it former elegance when it was destroyed by fire, set by criminals, on July 14, 2016. The property is presently owned by the Oldest Governor’s Mansion in Louisiana Foundation, Inc. (OGMLA), a 501-c3 non-profit corporation, and is in the process of being developed as a historic site.
Last modified: February 1, 2022
