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Vermilionville Historic Village, located in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a Cajun and Creole living history museum with a combination of restored and replica historic structures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Structures and exhibits
Later, the name would be shortened to "Vermilionville". The boundaries were defined in an 1836 charter and later expanded in the 1869 charter. In 1804, Alexandre Mouton , the son of founder Jean, was born in Lafayette and would later become a U.S. Senator and, from 1843 to 1846, Governor of Louisiana .
The Office of the Mayor of Lafayette, known historically as Vermilionville, was established by an amendment passed on March 9, 1869, which replaced the "regular preliminaries of laying out" enacted by the Legislature upon the incorporation of Vermilionville on March 11, 1836. [1]
In 1824, this area was selected for the Lafayette Parish seat and was named Vermilionville, [7] for its location on the river; in 1836, the Louisiana State Legislature approved its incorporation. The area was initially developed by Europeans for agriculture, primarily sugar plantations , which depended on the labor of numerous enslaved Africans ...
Lafayette, Vermilionville, or the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area per the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the third largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in the south central Acadiana region, it covers five parishes.
Amand Broussard House is a historic house at Vermilionville 300 Fisher Road Lafayette, Louisiana. It may be the oldest surviving Cajun house. It was built around 1790 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980.
Oldest surviving Cajun house; relocated to Vermilionville Historic Village: Germain Bergeron House: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 1790-1805 Residence In 2005 moved to the Rural Life Museum from east bank of Bayou Lafourche The Presbytère: New Orleans, Louisiana: 1791 Residence Casas Curial or “Ecclesiastical House," which became a courthouse in ...
The Vermilion Inn, better known as Café Vermilionville, is a historic building located at 1304 Pinhook Road in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Built c.1835, the inn is a two-story Greek Revival structure located near the bank of Vermilion River .