Built in the 1790's this French Colonial raised cottage is of West Indies construction. It is a National Historic Landmark, though has seen better days. It is located in St. Charles Parish in the parish (county) seat of Hahnville, Louisiana.
Previous owners include the early settlers to the Louisiana German Coast--the LaBranche family (Zweig turned French by the French priests) and the Fortier and Gaillaird families.
It has been owned by the Keller family since 1885.
The crops raised here were Indigo and Sugar Cane.