Emilie Plantation

Emilie Plantation is a historic plantation property centered on a house in Garyville, Louisiana, United States. The house was constructed in 1882 by Adelard Millet for Leonce Chauff and was named for Chauff's younger sister, Emilie. The property reflects the plantation-house tradition of the American South and is documented as a historic site rather than as a contemporary commercial brand with a conventional product portfolio, corporate structure, or consumer-market positioning. The plantation's history is connected to the broader social and economic history of Louisiana plantations, including the region's legacy of slavery. The available reference material records that ancestors of the Baloney family, who purchased the home in 1997, had once worked as slaves on the plantation. That ownership transition adds a significant layer to the property's historical interpretation, linking its later stewardship to descendants of people who had been enslaved there. Emilie Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1989. The designation recognizes the historic importance of the property and its surviving house. Publicly available reference information does not establish a separate operating company, a current commercial offering, a formal brand strategy, or a broad operating market. Accordingly, Emilie Plantation is best understood in this dossier as a historic property and cultural-heritage subject rather than as a conventional product or corporate brand.

Emilie Plantation is a historic Southern plantation property located in Garyville, Louisiana. Its principal surviving structure is a house constructed in 1882 by Adelard Millet for Leonce Chauff. The house was named for Chauff's younger sister, Emilie, providing the origin of the property's name. The property belongs to the historical landscape of Louisiana plantations, where large agricultural estates, plantation houses, and enslaved labor shaped the region's economic and social development. The available reference material identifies a direct connection between Emilie Plantation and the history of slavery: the ancestors of the Baloney family, which later purchased the home, had once worked as slaves on the plantation. This connection is important to the property's historical context because it demonstrates how ownership and family memory intersect across the period of enslavement and the property's later history. On January 13, 1989, Emilie Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The listing established formal recognition of the historic house and plantation site at the national level. The available sources do not provide a detailed account of the property's agricultural operations, architectural alterations, public-access arrangements, restoration program, or present-day commercial use. They also do not identify a corporate parent, a formal management organization, or a catalog of products and services. In 1997, the home was purchased by the Baloney family. The purchase is historically notable because of the family's ancestral relationship to the property: their forebears had previously been enslaved workers there. The transfer therefore represents a later chapter in the site's history and gives the property significance beyond its architecture alone. Emilie Plantation should consequently be treated primarily as a historic house and cultural-heritage property. Its importance derives from the 1882 construction of the house, its association with the Chauff family and the site's plantation history, its connection to the history of slavery in Louisiana, its 1989 National Register designation, and its later ownership by the Baloney family. Further details about preservation, access, operations, and current ownership would require additional authoritative sources.

• 1997

  Purchased by the Baloney family

  [1]Emilie Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The Baloney family purchased the home. Reference material notes that their ancestors had once been enslaved workers on the plantation.

• 1989

  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

  [1]Emilie Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Emilie Plantation received National Register of Historic Places recognition on January 13, 1989.

• 1882

  Historic house constructed

  [1]Emilie Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Adelard Millet constructed the house for Leonce Chauff. The property was named for Chauff's younger sister, Emilie.

Historic property and cultural-heritage site rather than a conventional commercial brand.

1. 1Emilie Plantationen.wikipedia.org