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History · Thibodaux · established 1830

23 landmarks tell Thibodaux’s story

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Thibodaux. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1830established
3old photos & papers
23historic places
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What stands out about Thibodaux’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Landmarks on the Register23 places on the National Register. #6 in LA.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsEstablished in 1830: 196 years of Thibodaux.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

23 historic places in Thibodaux

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
23
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
29
each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
St. John's Episcopal Church and Cemetery
in Louisiana
#6
by listings
St. John's Episcopal Church and CemeteryDansereau House, built 1845Lafourche Parish Courthouse, built 1858Rienzi Plantation HouseBank of Lafourche Building, built 1897Breaux House, built 1890Building at 108 Green Street, built 1900Citizens Bank of LafourcheLamartina Building, built 1862McCulla House, built 1907Percy-Lobdell Building, built 1900Riviere Building, built 1900Riviere House, built 1900Robichaux House, built 1898Saint Joseph's Co-Cathedral and RectoryChanticleer Gift ShopPeltier House, built 1910Nicholls, Francis T., Junior College Main BuildingFrost House, built 1916Vives House, built 1892House at 816 Jackson Street, built 1895Grand TheatreHarvey Andrew Peltier Sr. House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne5
Italianate4
Greek Revival2
Queen Anne Revival2
Colonial Revival2
Classical Revival2
St. John's Episcopal Church and CemeteryGreek Revival
Dansereau HouseItalianate · Built 1845
Lafourche Parish CourthouseBeaux Arts · Built 1858
Rienzi Plantation HouseGreek Revival
Bank of Lafourche BuildingItalianate · Built 1897
Breaux HouseQueen Anne Revival · Built 1890
Building at 108 Green StreetBuilt 1900
Citizens Bank of LafourcheBuilding
All 23 listings
Lamartina BuildingBuilding · listed 1986McCulla HouseBuilding · listed 1986Percy-Lobdell BuildingBuilding · listed 1986Riviere BuildingBuilding · listed 1986Riviere HouseBuilding · listed 1986Robichaux HouseBuilding · listed 1986Saint Joseph's Co-Cathedral and RectoryBuilding · listed 1986Chanticleer Gift ShopBuilding · listed 1986Peltier HouseBuilding · listed 1986Nicholls, Francis T., Junior College Main BuildingBuilding · listed 1999Frost HouseBuilding · listed 2008Vives HouseBuilding · listed 2009House at 816 Jackson StreetBuilding · listed 2009Grand TheatreBuilding · listed 1986Harvey Andrew Peltier Sr. HouseBuilding · listed 2020

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Thibodaux’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Timeline

Thibodaux, 1830 to 1897

Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1830
    FoundingThibodaux is established
  3. 1845BuiltDansereau House is built
  4. 1858BuiltLafourche Parish Courthouse is built
  5. 1880In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Lafourche Parish - Thibodaux - E…
  6. 1890BuiltBreaux House is built
  7. 1897BuiltBank of Lafourche Building is built
The story

How Thibodaux came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Thibodaux.

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The first documented Native American inhabitants of the Thibodaux area were the Chawasha, a small tribe related to the Chitimacha of the upper Bayou Lafourche. The first settlers of European descent in this area arrived in the 18th century, when Louisiana was the Spanish province of Luisiana. They consisted of French nationals and Louisiana-born French and German creoles, followed shortly by Spanish and French Acadian immigrants. The colonists gradually began to import Africans in bondage as slaves to work on and develop rice and sugar cane plantations.

ChaptersCivil WarPost-Reconstruction and Thibodaux massacre

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Thibodaux, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s3 items
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Lafourche Parish - Thibodaux - ED 29-2, ED 29-3, ED 29-418801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA… 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Lafourche Parish - Thibodaux - ED 29-2, ED 29-3, ED 29-418801940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA… 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Lafourche Parish - Thibodaux - ED 29-3 to 1118801950 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA…
1890s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Lafourche Parish - Thibodaux - ED 29-2, ED 29-3, ED 29-4
Retake this view1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Louisiana (LA) - Lafourche Parish - Thibodaux - ED 29-2, ED 29-3, ED 29-4, 1880

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History across the town line

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