St. Delphine Plantation

Originally a 218.02-acre Spanish land grant to Valery Bergeron in the late 1700s, the property later became the site of a Greek Revival mansion built in 1860 by Warwick Flanigan for Isidore Daigle. In 1871 the property was sold to Auguste J. Levert, Sr. and Leon Bernard, and after Levert bought Bernard’s interest in 1874, he remained sole owner until his death in 1886, when his three sons became heirs. August J. Levert, Jr. bought his brothers’ interest in 1888. A tornado nearly destroyed the plantation home in 1906, the home was rebuilt in 1907, and it was later destroyed in 1932 because of the Mississippi River levee set back. A portion of the plantation that remained after the levee set back was sold by heirs of Auguste Levert, Jr. to James H. Laws and Co. as part of Cinclare Plantation on May 27, 1943. The Levert family still owns 398 original plantation acres west of Louisiana Hwy 1.

Louisiana · United States