Shadows-on-the-Teche
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Shadows-on-the-Teche
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Shadows-on-the-Teche in 2007
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| Location | 317 E. Main St., New Iberia, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°0′14.99″N 91°48′54.01″W / 30.0041639°N 91.8150028°WCoordinates: 30°0′14.99″N 91°48′54.01″W / 30.0041639°N 91.8150028°W |
| Built | 1834 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference # | 72000553 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 5, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | May 30, 1974 |
Shadows-on-the-Teche is a 3,750 square feet (348 m2) historic house and garden located in New Iberia, Louisiana, United States. Built in 1834 for sugarcane planter David Weeks and his wife Mary Conrad Weeks, the National Historic Landmark is currently owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Sited 20 feet above the banks of the Bayou Teche, the construction of Shadows-on-the-Teche, a two-and-a-half-story, sixteen room house, coincided with the apogee of the Greek Revival style in United States architecture. When following this style, builders minimized the installation of superfluous decorative elements such as cornices, moldings, and trim. Decorations were severely limited and were designed to blend into and set off the building's handmade red brick construction. The seven bay entrance facade is located on the south front and is made up of eight full-height Tuscan columns of white-plastered brick standing on high square bases, that support a second-floor gallery or veranda, and topped by a Doric frieze. An exterior staircase is located on the left side of the front gallery that is hidden behind green painted louvered panels that are found on each side of the gallery. Three pedimented dormers are found on the gabled roof, that is pierced with two symmetrical brick chimneys on the ridge line that flank the central dormer.
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