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    Trowbridge House
    Trowbridge House
    808 First Street: Built in 1827 by Issac Trowbridge, a native of Connecticut, it is the oldest two-story building in the area. The home was made of cypress using wooden-peg construction. The house remained in the Trowbridge family for more than a century and a half. It was restored in the 1990s and donated to St. Mary's Episcopal Church.
    Alfred Gates
    Alfred Gates
    205 Main: Built by Alfred Gates. The house has a hipped roof with a widow's walk at the top that shows an open balustrade of lozenge design above a paneled section. A wide stairway leads to the front gallery which extends across the width and partial sides of the house.
    Schwartz House
    Schwartz House
    813 First Street: Constructed between 1830 and 1832, this cottage was occupied by the school of Miss Carolyn Burroughs for a period. It was the home of the Joseph Schwartz family from 1909 to 1993. In 1994, it was restored as a rental property
    Allain House
    Allain House
    909 Second St.: Built in 1832 as a dwelling, it housed the first bank outside New Orleans in South Louisiana. It was occupied by Union forces during the Civil War, and according to legend, Davy Crockett stayed there as he traveled to Texas and the Battle of the Alamo.
    Smardon-Hanson House
    Smardon-Hanson House
    114 Main: Built around 1849 by Thomas Smardon, an Englishman. Well-framed formal doorways open onto the portico at both levels having top and side lunettes with leaded glass panels and leaded glass door at the center. The upstairs balustrade has a fleur-de-lis motif.
    Palfrey House
    Palfrey House
    200 Main: Built circa 1851 by Governor Joshua Baker for his daughter Frances Baker Palfrey. On the site of a former grits mill and sugar plantation, the house has a neo-classic doorway framed with multi-paneled lunettes. The four wooded Corinthian columns, which are across the front of the house, are repeated on the rear porch facing Bayou Teche.
    Darby House
    Darby House
    606 Main St., Baldwin: One of the few French Colonial homes in the area and probably the oldest extant building in St. Mary Parish. The home was built by Alfred Hennen near the end of the eighteenth century. It is named for Francois Darby, its 1856 purchaser
    Oliver-Todd House
    Oliver-Todd House
    607 Second St.: Built for Jules Oliver in 1854, the home was later divided into apartments. During the 1930s it fell into disrepair, but it was saved in the 1980s by a new owner who completely restored the home.
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