It was established during the 1810s, with the main house and numerous outbuildings built by Samuel Pierre Auguste Fagot between 1829 and 1843.

Once renowned as one of the most intact and architecturally-unified plantation complexes in the Southeastern United States, all of the structures were demolished to make way for construction of a new river levee in 1940.

[2] The plantation was established by Colonel Joseph Constance when he acquired several tracts of land at the location following the War of 1812.

A native of La Rochelle, France, he emigrated to the United States and was living in the vicinity of Convent by 1828.

Jules later bought Camile's share and was the sole owner of the plantation until selling in 1915 to a New Orleans businessman.

The plantation's main house would never be lived in again after this transaction, although the estate continued to be operated as an agricultural enterprise.

[5] The first brick buildings that Samuel Fagot built, and that would remain a part of the final design of the complex, were matching temple-like structures that housed the plantation office and the kitchen.

[2] Flanking the north and south sides of the main house toward the front (west) were a pair of matching garconnières (bachelors' quarters).

[2] These matched the main house, with a hexastyle portico set under the roof on the front and rear facades.

[2] Among the most unusual features of the plantation were two matching pigeonnier (dovecote) towers set to the north and south of the main house in the rear yard.