Formerly Petit Desert, a 1719 concession, this site was among the first parish settlements and served as a trading post and major entry port of the Louisiana colony. In 1794 Michael Zeringue established Seven Oaks Plantation, and his son Camille built the Greek Revival style main house about 1840. During the war, Confederates occupied the property, then Federals. Following the war, Columbia Gardens Resort acquired the property, and later it passed to the railroad. During World War I the house served as Army barracks, then later returned to private residence. Vacated in 1957, the house was demolished in 1977.