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Field Trips. More coming soon! This National Historic Landmark, situated on the banks of scenic Bayou Lafourche near Thibodaux, was the residence of two of Louisiana’s foremost political figures: Edward Douglas White, who was governor from 1835 to 1839, and his son, Edward Douglass White, who was appointed to the United States Supreme Court ...
Friends of the Edward Douglass White Historic Site and Louisiana State Museum welcome you to visit this home that housed a Louisiana Governor and raised the first Supreme Court Justice of the United States from Louisiana. Book your tour now to learn more about this National Historic Landmark.
The house is owned by the Louisiana State Museum and is operated as a historic house museum known as the E. D. White Historic Site. An exhibit inside the home demonstrates the history of the Bayou Lafourche area, with features on the Chitimacha Indians, Acadian settlers, slavery, sugar cane plantations, and the White family. See also
- December 8, 1976
- 1790
- 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1845 – May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist. White, a native of Louisiana , was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years, first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910, then as the ninth chief justice from 1910 until his death in 1921.
This National Historic Landmark and museum was the residence of two of Louisiana's foremost political figures: Gov. Edward Douglas White, Sr., and his son, Edward Douglass White, Jr., who was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1894 and served as Chief Justice from 1910 to 1921.
Circa 1825 Acadian Plantation House surrounded by centuries old live oak trees on beautiful Bayou Lafourche. Boyhood home of Louisiana's only U. S. Supreme Court Justice, Edward Douglass White. House and grounds tours. Exhibits on area industry, culture, antebellum period and Chief Justice White.
25 de may. de 2023 · Edward Douglass White, a Louisiana governor from 1835 to 1839, and his son Edward Douglass White Jr., who served as Chief Justice to the United States Supreme Court from 1910 to 1921, both occupied the Creole-style raised cottage, which was built using hand-hewn cypress timbers around 1825.
