Felicity Plantation | |
Location | 3351 Louisiana Highway 18 Vacheria, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°0′25″N 90°46′22″W / 30.00694°N 90.77278°W |
Built | 1846 |
NRHP reference No. | 10000062 |
Designated | March 8, 2010 |
Felicity Plantation is a historic sugarcane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along Louisiana Highway 18 in Vacherie, St. James Parish. Felicity is a sister plantation to St. Joseph Plantation,[1] and was built around 1846 (or 1850)[2] by Valcour Aime as a wedding gift to his daughter, Felicite Emma, and her spouse, Septime Fortier,[3] who was also her cousin.[4] Acquired by a bank in 1873,[4] the plantation was purchased by Saturnine Waguespack in 1890, who merged it with the St. Joseph Plantation to form the St. Joseph Plantation and Manufacturing Company.[3] The house still remains in the Waguespack family.[3]