Such a pretty house and property! Built in 1850. Located on 15 acres in Jeanerette, Louisiana. It was built for Francis Dubose Richardson along the Bayou Teche. Richardson was a classmate and friend of Edgar Allen Poe. He was elected to the Louisiana State Senate and it is believed that Edgar Allen Poe slept at Bayside while visiting Richardson. Four bedrooms, four bathrooms, and 4,047 square feet. $950,000
From the Zillow listing:
Bayside Plantation was built in 1850 for Francis Dubose Richardson along the Bayou Teche in Iberia Parish. It is a Greek Revival home with a front full-length gallery and a rear enclosed gallery that is now office and storage space. The home is situated on 14.8 acres and is surrounded by beautiful live Oaks, draped in Spanish moss.
What I Love About The Home
Bayside is a plantation house built in 1850 by Francis DuBose Richardson on the Bayou Teche in Jeanerette, Louisiana, United States. Richardson, a classmate and friend of Edgar Allan Poe, purchased the land for a sugar plantation.[2] It has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since January 29, 1987. Richardson attended St. Mary’s College in Baltimore, Maryland. He was elected to the Louisiana Senate and sponsored legislation establishing the Louisiana School for the Blind, which institution is extant in Baton Rouge. His daughter, Bethia Richardson, married Donelson Caffery II, a Louisiana State Senator and a United States Senator. Richardson’s great grandson, Patrick Thomson Caffery served as a Louisiana State Representative and a United States Representative It is believed that Edgar Allan Poe slept at Bayside while visiting Richardson.
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