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  Maison Chenal above & LaCour House below Indisputably, this is the most important collection of Louisiana French Creole and Acadian decorative arts, furniture, portraits, and architecture in the WORLD! The collection reflects the extraordinarily rich international cultural transference from France, Canada, Spain, Africa, the Carribean, Mexico, England, and native America that emerged in the Mississippi River Valley from the early 18th century to about 1830. The Holden Collection represents a lifetime of connoisseur collecting, with a keen focus, shared by Dr. and Mrs. Jack D. Holden. It has been their passion to preserve French Creole and Acadian culture in situ. About 1,400 objects, made or used in Louisiana, comprise the Holden Collection. The real estate consists of 75 acres of mature landscape on a waterway with access to False River. I am proud that the Holdens have been my mentors for most of my life; I could not have asked for any better. I am also excited that Garden & Gun Magazine is featuring Maison Chenal, LaCour House, the gardens and the Holden Collection in this August/September 2019 issue - just released! You are invited to view the extensive Property Information Packet. Additionally, just below the packet, there's also "The Book," Maison Chenal & LaCour House Properties and Collections: A French Creole Tout Ensemble, for even more history details. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to possess the quintessential French Creole tout ensemble offered at $3,850,000. My best from Bourbon Street, Peter W. Patout Potential buyers must provide financial qualification before showing.  Historic Property expertise spurs success I am grateful for my clients! Over the past 3 months, I have sold 3 major estates. Two plantation are under contract. I have also just listed another historic home! Enjoy the visual delights below associated with buying and selling these historic properties in Louisiana and Mississippi. Please stay tuned for another exciting announcement! My client referrals have made this success happen and I would be honored to assist you. My best from Bourbon, Peter trowbridge house - Just Listed!  I've always believed that you can't substitute the magic that living in a piece a history, what an older home, represents...Trowbridge House can fulfill that promise!    Built by Isaac Trowbridge and restored by architect Eugene Cizek in 1990. ON THE MARKET in Franklin, LA for $295,000. See listing details here. maison blanche - Sold! Maison Blanche - Built in 1832 on Historic National Register 909 Second Street, Franklin, LA Sold for $350,000 Wilton House - Sold!  Wilton House 1205 Fairview Avenue Monroe, LA Sold for $1.165M
Crawford Plantation House - Sold! 1839 Creole Greek Revival - Buyers Agent Crawford Plantation House, on Bayou Teche, Franklin, Louisiana BAyside plantation - Under Contract!  Coldsprings Plantation - Under Contract! 1805 Federal Style Under Contract Pickneyville Wilkinson County, MS Arabi shotgun - Sold! 256 Friscoville Avenue, Historic Arabi Sold for $161,000 Two national publications feature my homesJulia Reed, and Garden & Gun....details below  Julia Reed celebrates New Orleans & south Louisiana culture in her new book. Front cover shot in my courtyard. Julia Reed's New Orleans: Food, Fun, and Field Trips for Letting the Good Times Roll All photos are courtesy of Paul Costello Photography It's an instant classic and should be part of any southern cookbook collection. I'm so excited for my dear friend Julia Reed's accomplishment. What fun it was to be part of her effort. So when Julia called asking to shoot a chapter in her upcoming book at my house in the French Quarter, my quick answer: Well of course! gumbo lunch I have to believe that we inspire each other. Years ago, Julia Reed walked into my antique store in the French Quarter. She fell in love with some esoteric prints of bugs. They were ridiculous. After all, who buys pictures of bugs? I did and she did! Then, I realized that she lived nearby and I closed the shop and went over there for a drink, and the laughs and good times have been ceaseless since. Julia's classic Seafood Gumbo is below along with a Rum Pecan Pie. That's my kitchen stove and though it's something of a relic, countless memorable meals have been created in that galley-sized kitchen. Most days begin with a strong cup of chicory coffee made in the French drip pot sitting there on the stove. Of course, they're sweetened with natural cane sugar from my family's mill in Patoutville and it makes me think of my French heritage.
Julia Reed is a world-class tastemaker and has an extraordinary talent for bringing people together. The other New Orleans celebrations she includes are magical: phenomenal settings with wonderful dishes featuring her recipes along with favorites from prominent chefs and home-cooks...and, it's a great cultural read. Paul Costello's photos are the perfect accompaniment to her narrative. Patoutville shinesI particularly appreciate Julia's love for my home in South Louisiana. And as she started thinking about her forays over the years with me in Cajun country (we've shared many great adventures!), she decided to include a chapter at my country house in Patoutville set amongst the sugar cane background.  She penned this sweet note to Patoutville: There's no bad time to visit Patoutville, but it is especially beautiful in summer and early fall, when the sugarcane is wait-high in the fields. In late fall and winter, the trucks full of cut cane form miles-long lines at the mill and there's twenty-four hours-a-day drama as great clouds of smoke fill the sky.
Ancient Oaks at BAyside Plantation My cousin's nearby Bayside Plantation, was another destination in this chapter. As a realtor specializing in historic properties, I'm representing the sale of Bayside (click the above Bayside link for more images and listing details.   Aioli Dinner:The culmination of the South Louisiana photo shoot was this fabulous meal celebrated with dear friends. I love that Julia was inspired by Teche country artist George Rodrigue's Aioli Supper Club and chose to recreate that celebration in her book. It's based on old Creole Gourmet Society traditions....another homage to the rich culture of South Louisiana.  Among the most cherished compliments I've known, shared here from Julia: ... she's first referring to George Rodrigue and her vision to recreate the Aioli Dinner from his painting: I think the artist would have approved of our gathering under the live oaks. He so respected the traditions of his ancestors, and Peter, with his antiques-filled houses and love of the land, honors the past and his own Louisiana history with more joie de vivre and élan than anyone I know." _______________________________ Thank you Julia Reed! As always with you, life is a magnificent celebration.   I recommend: reed Smythe & co. Beyond her book, you'll also want Julia's favorite items to enhance your life celebrations. She and friend Keith Smythe founded Smythe & Company: artisanal goods for uncommon spaces. See: Reed Smythe & Company  Wait: That's my house! Photo: William Hereford | Michalopoulos at work on Stollalodian, a painting inspired by Creole cottages in New Orleans Upper Ninth Ward. Imagine my surprise when I was leafing through the April/May issue of Garden and Gun and saw the image above - the painting of my Bourbon Street house!
The photo is part of a story about New Orleans artist and rum distiller James Michalopoulos by New Orleans (and Maine summer) resident writer Wayne Curtis.: The Colorful, Far-Out Vision of James Michalopoulos: The most recognizable painter in New Orleans is on a mission: to make sure the City doesn’t forget the artists who keep it funky. Though it's a great read, I disagree with the caption's 9th ward mention. While there are other examples of Creole cottages with the same color scheme, I don't believe you'll find another bearing the same architectural fenestrations, the same morning glory vine along with the left placement of the lamp post, and the low red wall...elements which are all peculiar to my streetscape. I've not seen this painting before and am delighted to know it exists! NEW IBERIA MODERN HOME TOUR SATURDAY, JUNE 1 FROM 10AM-4PM The Louisiana Architecture Foundation, Iberia Cultural Resources Association and Iberia Parish Visitors Bureau present a New Iberia Modern Tour featuring an eclectic selection of modern-styled homes. Tour highlights the mid 50s to late 60s in exterior architecture design. The self-guided tour takes place Saturday, June 1, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. On tour, seven sites (six open homes and a modern-styled church.) Link to online sales: https://buff.ly/2Es3uqi
 Peter Patout interviews another Natchoozian - a person that chose to move to Natchez. When Jack Kelly walked into Steampunk Coffee Roasters in pink cowboy boots, I knew I wanted to meet her! Meet Jack Kelly and learn why she chooses to call Natchez home. This fanciful late Victorian house, was built by my great grandfather in the late 1890's. This is on the Enterprise Plantation. Love the old fashioned “potato vine” on the Hippolite Patout, Jr. House!   The Pontalba Family is Returning to Louisiana for the Founders Ball & Launch of the Baroness Pontalba Exhibit at the Cabildo! Dear Friends! I am thrilled to offer you early ticket access to the Louisiana Museum’s Founders Ball & Exhibition Opening at the Cabildo. This is one for the history books! Taking a wrong turn in the French countryside six years ago was incredibly fortuitous! I met the Pontalbas!. This wonderful occurrence along with help from friends led to this year's Founders Ball and Baroness de Pontalba exhibition....Here's how it happened and what you can anticipate.
 Pontalba Family Founders Ball Invitations From the beginning, we set our sights on the LMF’s top fundraising event, The Founders’ Ball, and invited the Pontalba family to be our honored guests. We also realized that Mont l’Évêque is a treasure trove of historical items related to the Pontalbas' time in Louisiana - primarily in the 19th century. So, the idea for the exhibition was born.  New Orleans’ iconic urban core: Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, the Presbytère, and the twin Pontalba Buildings - Upper Pontalba Apartments shown. In addition to items from the de Pontalba family château, the exhibition will draw from the Louisiana State Museum, and loans from private collections. We are honored to have guest Curator, Randolph Delehanty, PhD, who will tell the city-defining story of Don Andrés Almonester and his formidable daughter, Micaela, the Baroness de Pontalba.  The Founders Ball and Exhibit are dedicated to Christina Vella  Of course, none of this would have happened if I hadn't read Intimate Enemies. We should all be eternally grateful to the late Christina Vella, author of this book that was critically acclaimed by the New York Times. If you haven't already read Intimate Enemies, I encourage you to do so. It will deepen your appreciation of the exhibit and what Jackson Square means to all of us. The costume Ball will be reminiscent of the elegant parties Baroness Pontalba held in New Orleans and in her mansion in Paris, which today, still known as the Hôtel de Pontalba, serves as the official residence of the United States Ambassador to France. Late-18th-century to mid-19th-century attire, recalling the days of Don Almonester and our Baroness, are encouraged for the ball. Contemporary black tie and ball gowns will also be acceptable. Together, we will welcome Charles-Edouard and Isabelle, Baron and Baroness de Pontalba, their son Pierre, and other family members from France! Here’s a link to buy your Founders Ball tickets. They are $300 each for Louisiana Museum Foundation Members and $350 for non-members. I suggest you do this today for tickets are limited and this remarkable event will sell out! The only mission of the Louisiana Museum Foundation is to support the Louisiana State Museum through community donations and programmatic support. I hope that you will join me as a proud member of the LMF to support them for this event and beyond.  Almonester Pontalba balcony ironwork detail from the Pontalba Apartments
IBERIA PARISH, LA. From Thursday, November 2 to Sunday, November 5, 2017, the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art - Louisiana Chapter will host its first foray to the exotic Teche Country. "Sugar and Spice: The Architecture & Art of Bayou Teche, Owen Southwell, and Tabasco's Avery Island" is a premiere event celebrating the classical architecture, history, heritage and art of Iberia Parish, Owen Southwell, Bayou Teche, Avery Island and more. As a native of Iberia Parish, where my roots run deep, I am excited to share this classical world of architecture and art of my beloved Bayou Teche country. Our foray participants will soon succumb to the exotic eden of café au lait-colored bayous, sugar cane fields and live oaks draped in festoons of Spanish moss. This foray is an exposé to our national audience; one that will showcase the classical featurettes of our heritage in a scale never been seen in this area. Highlights of this once-in-a-lifetime Iberia Parish event are:
SCROLL DOWN for a 38-page information packet that covers details such as schedule, registration, region/architecture history, lecture/lecturer topics, accommodation, et cetera. Click on the button below and purchase your ticket(s). ICAA-member and non-member prices available. Thursday, November 2 to Sunday, November 5, 2017. BECOME A SPONSOR We would be so honored to have your sponsorship for this foray and future ICAA-LA events. Thousands of people of across the country are invited to attend our event. SPONSORSHIP DETAILS:
To become a sponsor at your chosen level, proceed by filling out and submitting the official ICAA Sponsorship Form, below. Details included in the form. 
 Bayside Plantation  Check your air conditioning unit every summer for efficiency to beat the heat. There are State and Federal financial incentives such as renewable energy tax credits, special loans, and net metering if your system needs updating. Here are some helpful programs: - Tax Credit for Solar and Wind - Home Energy Loan Program “HELP” - Louisiana Net Metering  Hiring a historic window specialist to glaze windows and secure their surround will help to sustain their longevity and efficiency. - Don’t remove original windows, just repair existing ones!  Your house will expand or swell in the summer, just like everything else in the South. Harsh weather conditions will take effect, so make sure you plan according to make repairs to the masonry, brick, wood, or any other façade material after the peak of summer.
- Do any repair work toward the fall months after the severity of expansion has subsided. - Spend summer months researching historic building specialists in anticipation of repairs. This is a great time to shop reviews and get quotes. |
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