Object Details
Slide manufacturer
Van Altena, Edward
Creator
Roman, Alexander, Gov
Stewart, Andrew, Mrs
Bon Sejour
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
sova.aag.gca_ref8129
General
Oak Allee is situated in Louisiana, fifty-eight miles above New Orleans. The original owner was Alexander Roman, second governor of Louisiana. The house, of the Greek revival type, has 28 Doric columns and is shaded by magnificent live oaks. An avenue of 28 live oaks extends from the porch to the river, and the largest tree is 21 feet in diameter. The estate is now owned by Mrs. Andrew Stewart who has restored the entire grounds, adding many well chosen plants, groves of oranges, of bananas, an avenue of bamboos and a garden of flowering shrubs surrounded by a hedge of yuccas.
Before it became commonly known as Oak Alley, the plantation was originally named Bon Sejour.
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena."
Historic plate number: "81."
Historic plate caption: "Louisiana, Oak Allee, St. James Parish."
Place
Louisiana -- Vacherie
Oak Alley Plantation (La.)
United States of America -- Louisiana -- St. James Parish -- Vacherie
Topic
Summer
Trees
Lawns
Porches
Live oak
Columns
Loggias
Houses
Slide manufacturer
Van Altena, Edward
Creator
Roman, Alexander, Gov
Stewart, Andrew, Mrs
Bon Sejour
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Sponsor
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
Extent
1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Date
[between 1914 and 1949?]
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, Item LA002001
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Collection Rights
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Genre/Form
Lantern slides
Collection Restrictions
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AAG.GCA_ref8129
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Record ID
ebl-1643208220039-1643210179935-1