The oldest standing structure in Central Louisiana, built between 1796 and 1800 using bousillage — a French colonial technique mixing clay and Spanish moss. Pierre Baillio raised the house on a Spanish land grant; Robert C. Hynson later renamed it for Kent County, Maryland. Open to visitors since 1975, the house interprets plantation life from 1795 to 1855.
Quick facts
- ·Built 1796–1800; oldest surviving structure in Central Louisiana
- ·French colonial bousillage construction — clay, moss, and cypress
- ·Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1971
- ·Restored and open to public since 1975
- ·Interprets plantation life across six decades
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