Alexandre Mouton House

The Alexandre Mouton House, also called the Lafayette Museum (French: Maison d'Alexandre Mouton, or Musée de Lafayette), is a historic house located at 1122 Lafayette Street in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was the home of 9th Governor and first Democratic Governor of Louisiana Alexandre Mouton, and it is also associated with other historic families.

Alexandre Mouton House
Location1122 Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°13′15″N 92°01′16″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1800
Built byJean Mouton
NRHP reference No.75000850[1]
Added to NRHPJune 18, 1975

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1975.[1] The listing included three contributing buildings: the two-story main house with an attic and cupola and wooden porches on its first and second floors, an Acadian house connected by a covered wooden porch, and a brick smoke house. The first two have cypress siding and are of briquette entre poteaux construction.[2][3]

The original house, consisting of one room and a kitchen, was built in about 1800 by Jean Mouton, one of the earliest settlers in the Attakapas country, and father of Alexandre Mouton.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Alexandre Mouton House / Lafayette Museum" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1975. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2017. with two photos and a map Archived 2018-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Mrs. J.J. Davidson, Jr. (November 12, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Alexandre Mouton House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 5, 2018. With nine photos from 1974.


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