The home was built between 1837 and 1842 by Charles Alexandre Grevemberg, who operated a successful sugar plantation based on slave labor on the surrounding 6,500 acres (2,600 ha).

It was acquired by Emily Cyr Bridges, who restored Albania Plantation Home and opened it to the public showcasing her well-known collection.

Miss Emily was an enthusiastic antiquarian who traveled the countryside knocking on doors to add to her collection of Southern plantation furniture and Acadian artifacts, at a time before such objects were highly prized.

In one of the more colorful Long-era incidents, Cyr had himself sworn in as governor in October 1931, stating that Long had vacated the office when he was elected U.S.

In Miss Emily's heyday at Albania she loved to entertain on the galleries; her coterie included artist-in-residence Lucius Lacour.