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Broussard was founded in 1884. It was named after Valsin Broussard, a prominent local merchant, who formed the first vigilante committee when his own store was robbed. He was a direct descendant of Joseph Broussard de Beausoleil, one of the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the Santo Domingo. [5]
The Roy-LeBlanc House is a historic house located at 105 South St. Pierre Street in Broussard, Louisiana, United States. Built in 1886 by Joseph Arthur Roy for his wife Cornelia Bailey, the house is a frame one-and-a-half story Italianate house with two front dormers. The house was sold to J.G. LeBlanc in 1889. [2]
Janin Store, also known as the Old Janin Store, is a historic commercial building located at 123 North Morgan Avenue in Broussard, Louisiana, United States. Built c.1890 by Francois Janin, the structure is an Italianate style one-and-a-half story frame commercial building. The store was run by the Janin family until late 1960s. [2]
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 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.
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]
Sushi Roku opened its first location in Santa Monica, California in 1997 and includes other locations in Pasadena, Newport Beach, and Scottsdale, Arizona. It opened a Las Vegas, Nevada location in 2004. It opened a location in Manhattan Beach in 2022. [10] Sushi Roku is a subsidiary of Innovative Dining Group (IDG).