Details for Arceneaux House
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5000022358
Data
| Marker Number | 22358 |
| Atlas Number | 5000022358 |
| Marker Title | Arceneaux House |
| Index Entry | Arceneaux House |
| Address | Wilber Rd. |
| City | Hamshire |
| County | Jefferson |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 377525 |
| UTM Northing | 3302867 |
| Subject Codes | residences; pioneers; literature |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Off Wilber Rd. on private property |
| Private Property | Yes |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | |
| Marker Text | Typical "daubed" house in which lower walls are plastered with moss, mud and sassafras strips. Built by Moise Broussard about 1856 when he brought to it his bride, Mary Gadrac Arceneaux, great-great-graddaughter of Louis Arceneaux, the "Gabriel" of Longfellow's poem "Evangeline." 1880 -- house passed to brother, Athenas Arceneaux, area pioneer in rice planting, and his heirs. Trees here came from acorns of oak shading "Evangeline" grave. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966 |