Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority, Sharon O. Kleinpeter Productions, Inc.

Date Issued: 1992-09-06

Duration: 00:28:44

Subjects: Architecture | CREOLES | HISTORIC PRESERVATION | Historic buildings | West Baton Rouge Museum

Contributors:

• Courtney, Bob Narrator
• Godoy, Al Producer
• Edwards, Jay Interviewee
• Bacot, Barbara Interviewee
• Kniffen, Fred B. Interviewee
• Gray, Sid Interviewee
• Fricker, Jonathan Interviewee
• Babin, Babs Interviewee
• Macalusa, Carroll Interviewee
• Beeson, Dave Interviewee
• Hunt, Mary Ann Mora Interviewee

This documentary from September 6, 1992, focuses on the relocation and restoration of the historic Aillet House, a French Creole cottage built in the 1830s. It covers: the variety of Louisiana house types; the features of Creole houses; the architecture of the Aillet House; Dow USA’s role in saving the historic home; the move of the Aillet House from its original location to the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen, Louisiana; and the restoration of the home. It includes interviews with: Dr. Jay Edwards, LSU anthropologist; Barbara Bacot, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation; Fred B. Kniffen, LSU professor emeritus; Sid Gray, restoration consultant; Jonathan Fricker, Louisiana Division of Historic preservation; Babs Babin, Dow USA; Carroll Macalusa, Dow USA; Dave Beeson, house mover; and Mary Ann Mora Hunt, Aillet family member. Narrator: Bob Courtney