The front of the big house
One of these sets of bricks is original and one is not. Can you tell which?
The view from the second floor balcony overlooking the front of the property all the way to the river.
The flooring, redone as far as I know, shows the same bow tie detail as the stair railing. A wonderful homage to the design inside the home as well as a powerful joinery method.
This stair rail is original to the home and features an interesting bow tie to join the two parts of the rail together, providing much more strength and longevity than a simple butt joint or even metal hardware.
This staircase, to the best of my knowledge, is original to the home.
This list from 1835 shows the bankruptcy of Pierre Clidament Becnel and the property he had with its original and current values.
This list shows the property belonging to Pierre Clidament Becnel at his death, including their price from the original documents and equivalencies to today's currency.
At the front of the property is this gazebo surrounded by trees. I am unsure whether it is original.
This tree towers over another side building toward the front of the property.
One of the side buildings at the front of the property
One of the side buildings at the front of the property
One of the side buildings at the front of the property
The road leading away from the house toward the back of the property includes these dwellings. According to the director of Evergreen, these were used in the filming of the newer version of Roots. Their proximity to the house indicates to me that they would have been where the enslaved who worked in the house lived.
This is how far the big house and other front buildings are away from "plantation road."
Here is the beginning of what I am calling "plantation road."
This road cuts off to the side, and as far as I know is still part of Evergreen's property where they grow cane to this day.
This road leads from the big house and the property close to the river down to the enslaved people's dwellings.
This is the road leading to the enslaved people's homes. Trees line the unpaved road and there still stand twenty two total dwellings, four of them easily visible here.
This is dwelling A, across from dwelling B, the next photo. One of these is an original and one of them is a recreation. Can you tell which?
This is dwelling B. Can you tell which one is the original and which is the re-creation?
A detail above the door of the dwellings, these slats would allow better air flow for the residents in the nearly unbearable Louisiana heat.