The walls, both inside and out, were plastered with a native mixture of mud, sand, Spanish moss and animal hair (bousillage), then painted.

When de Ternant's son Claude inherited the plantation, he changed the cash crop from indigo to sugarcane and cotton.

Colonel and Mrs. Parlange had one son, also named Charles, who survived the Civil War to begin a distinguished career as a State Senator, United States District Attorney, Lieutenant Governor, federal judge, and finally justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.

The plantation house remains largely intact and is occasionally available for private tours by appointment only.

[5] This article incorporates public domain material from Parlange Plantation House.