From the historical marker:
St Delphine Plantation "The Big House" - Originally a 218.02 acre Spanish land grant to Valery Bergeron in the late 1700s, Warwick Flannigan built in 1860 a Greek Revival mansion for Isidore Daigle. In 1871 property sold to Augusta J. Levert Sr and Leon Bernard. Levert bought Bernard's interest in1874 and remained the sole owner until his death in1886 when his three sons became heirs. Augusta J Levert Jr bought his brother 's interest in 1888. A tornado nearly destroyed the plantation home in 1906. The home was rebuilt in 1907 and later destroyed in 1932 due to the Mississippi River levee set back. A portion of the plantation remaining after the levee set back was sold by heirs of Auguste Levert Jr to James H Laws and Co. as part of Cinclare Plantation on May 27, 1943. The Levert family still owns 398 original plantation acres west of Louisiana Hwy 1.
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