LeBeau Plantation

It was located on one of the largest plantations south of New Orleans and grew indigo.

Though LeBeau died the year that the house was completed, his widow Sylvanie Fuselier lived there until her death in 1879.

[2] On Thursday, June 26, 1986, the LeBeau Plantation house was damaged in an act of arson.

According to investigators, seven intoxicated men, ranging in age from 17 to 31, had been searching for ghosts inside the building.

Aggravated by their lack of success, they decided to set fire to the house.

The LeBeau Plantation prior to the 2013 arson that destroyed it