Kenilworth Plantation House, French Creole plantation house in St. Bernard Parish, United States.
Kenilworth Plantation House is a two-story residence built above ground level in St. Bernard Parish with covered galleries on both levels. Slender wooden posts support these wraparound porches, and multiple French doors open directly onto each gallery.
The house was built around 1820 as one of the few surviving French Creole structures from the early 1800s in this region. It has endured through the parish's major transformations and remains a window into how people lived during that period.
The house takes its name from Kenilworth, and its Creole form was the dominant building style in St. Bernard Parish in the early 19th century. Most of the parish's French Creole buildings from that period are gone, leaving this one among the best-preserved examples. The turned colonnettes and French doors along the gallery are details a visitor can pick out from the road.
The house stands at 2931 Bayou Road in St. Bernard Parish, a private residence owned by the Acosta family since 1964, so visits are limited to viewing it from the road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 2006.
The property retains nearly all of its original architectural details from the 1800s, particularly the complete wraparound gallery system and the arrangement of French doors. This level of preservation is unusual since most similar plantation homes in the area have been lost or significantly altered.
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