Palo Alto Plantation (Donaldsonville, Louisiana)

Palo Alto Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°5′29″N 91°1′55″W / 30.09139°N 91.03194°WCoordinates: 30°5′29″N 91°1′55″W / 30.09139°N 91.03194°W
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1850
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Carpenter Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	77000665[1]
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1977

Palo Alto Plantation is located in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. It was built in 1850 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1977.

The first recorded (but not first) owners of the plantation were Pierre Oscar Ayraud and his wife, Rosalie Rodriguez, who acquired the house in 1852. The plantation house is a one-and-a-half story building on brick piers with a twelve-foot wide porch set under the roof line.^[2]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Malone, Lee (2007). The Majesty of the River Road. Pelican Publishing Company. p. 70.