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Broussard's, along with Galatoire's, Antoine's, and Arnaud's, is one of the four classic Creole New Orleans restaurants known as the Grand Dames. [1]Broussard's first opened in 1920, when an eminent local chef, Joseph Broussard, married Rosalie Borrello, and the couple moved into the Borrello family mansion (built in 1834) at 819 Conti Street in the French Quarter, where the restaurant now sits.
The Main Street Historic District is a historic district located along East Main Street in Broussard, Louisiana, United States. [2] The district comprises five contributing properties dating from c.1890 to c.1910: [2]
Broussard is a city in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 8,197 at the 2010 U.S. census , and 13,417 at the 2020 United States census . [ 4 ] Broussard is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area .
The Comeaux House is a historic house located at 101 East 2nd Street in Broussard, Louisiana, United States.. Built in c.1908 by Edmond Comeaux and his wife Cecile St. Julien Comeaux, the house is a Queen Anne-Colonial Revival style residence with semi-octagonal bay at each end of the facade, a semi-octagonal Doric front gallery and a corner turret.
The new factory was constructed at a cost of $50,000 and had a daily capacity of four hundred tons of cane. Area sugar planters had a local mill for their product. The Billeaud Sugar Mill brought a tremendous wave of prosperity to Broussard, which coincided with the previously mentioned sugar boom in southern Louisiana as a whole.
The Valsin Broussard House is a historic house located at 408 West Main Street in Broussard, Louisiana. Built c.1876 by Valsin Broussard, founder of the town of Broussard , the house is the oldest remaining residence in the town.
The Martial Billeaud Jr. House is a historic house located at 118 North Morgan Avenue in Broussard, Louisiana. Built in 1893, the house is a large Queen Anne style frame cottage with a projecting bay with a mansard roof. It's the only example of Second Empire architecture in Lafayette Parish. [2]
Aaron Francis Broussard (born January 6, 1949) is a former American politician who served as the president, a combined municipal-parish position, of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, from 2003 to 2010. A Democrat , Broussard became known nationally for appearances he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina .