1880s French Acadian Plantation with 2 Full Barns

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Dates
Thu
May 11
10am to 3pm
2017
Fri
May 12
10am to 4pm
2017
Sat
May 13
10am to 2pm
2017

Terms

I will accept cash, in town checks and credit card purchases over 100 dollars.. You must be prepared to pack and move your purchases. We will be unable to move it for you.
YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL AROUND 8 AM SALE DAY, MAY 11th. YOU MUST STAY IN THE ASSIGNED AREAS BEFORE THE SALE.
The St. Landry Parish sheriff's department will be on hand to help with parking and to make sure everyone follows the rules.

This French Acadian cotton plantation was built in the 1870's and was won in a card game during the 1880's by Theogene Bertrand and has been called these last 130 plus years the "Betrand Plantation".

This estate has been minimally updated and features all of the original outbuildings including the dry good store, the two barns, the chicken coop, potato shed, newer chicken coop, the dairy barn and the black smith shop that sat on this beautiful property back when it was built in the 1870's.  The upstairs of the house has never been updated at all except to add electricity in the 1940's and features the original cypress planks and ladder to get upstairs where the young men slept. 

The estate features many of the original farm equipment that has been on this property for many years.

1947 and 1953 Farm All  crank tractors (but can be started with batteries) and includes all of the farm implements that go with each tractor

Many tractor implements, plus hay rakes, wagons, and buckboards.  We even have a mule driven John Deere implement.

Farming antiques--

crocks, chicken roosts, iron wagon wheels, early buckets, troughs, harnesses, hay racks, hay rakes, and farm hand tools, animal pens, and fine OLD wood from many of the building will be available to purchase. PLUS the cypress wood original to the house is available for purchase.

We have many of the original shutters, doors, and cypress pickets available for purchase. The three  sets of galley doors are 7 ft tall and the original front door is 6 1/2 foot tall.  Plus we have several of the original windows with the wavy early glass.  Be sure to look at the original picture of the house to authenticate the house pieces.

 

House antiques and modern housewares include

Rattan patio furniture

church pews

zinc lined 1850's LARGE sink that's in the form of a table

early framed prints

chandelier original to the house

a BRAND NEW leather sofa and matching leather chairs

Almost brand new king bedroom set

tables filled with vintage costume jewelry

Antique bed and 2armoires

50 plus vintage cookie jar collection

antique sofas, armoires, dry sinks, wash stands and wash stand bowls

cast iron cookware and some Magnelite

historical memorabilia from the Opelousas area including items original to the plantation--

Sigma Martin Acoustic guitar and 1890's fiddle and bow plus two early harmonicas

Early toys 

Share croppers tools original to this plantation-

Plantation bell

Cypress smoke house original to the plantation

Early bottles found on the plantation

Early lighting collection

Enamelware collection

1926--1927  store ledger plus correspondence of Dr. Frederick Vidrine, an early store owner in Andrepont LA.

So So much more is there than listed

Finally I originally listed four full barns but we condensed the items into two barns. 

Sale PictureOriginal front view of the house with the Bertrand familykitchen is filled with cast iron, pottery, crocks, Magnelite and well everything vintage for a kitchenall of the original outbuildings are still on property including this barn that is filled to the top--hay loft contains farm antiques original to 1880'sside porch Sale Picturecan you see the chandelier original to the house for sale? everything you see is for sale except the old claw foot tubold cook stove, swing, and every other item you see in picturebedroom 1--all for salenotice almost new leather sofa and two matching leather chairs --everything for saleanother view of leather sofa and matching chairsmarble top occasional tableSale Picturedry sink is loaded with crocks and kitchen collectiblesmantle clock #1very COOL mid 19th century zinc lined sink from a winery--Was used to wash grapes (plus see just a few of the crocks)wash standSale Pictureviews inside Barn 1view inside Barn 1--Chickens will be for sale (Lord have mercy if I have to start catching them!)Another view inside Barn 1View inside barn 1another view inside barn 1view inside barn 1Final view inside of barn 1--We still have to go through store area, chicken coop, Barn 2 and blacksmith shop to even look insidethis little cypress building was original to the 1880 plantation and was the "smoke house"--It's sturdy and available to purchase and move to your propertyFarmall Super A 1953 tractors with crank or battery start--has all of the implements original to the tractor---Plus this one comes with an 1950's era Bush HogInternational Farm All crank tractors with original implementsSale Picture1947 International Farmall Tractor with crank or battery start PLUS the front tires are from a Model T--PLUS we have many of the implements original to this tractormany pieces of beautiful lightingladies dressing tableso so many enamel and drip coffee pots--early medicine cabinetlockers original to an old bowling alley--How cool is that?antlers, so so many old toolskerosene pumpgrinders, old cast iron, early tools Sale Pictureearly ice box--everything original!one of three early cast iron stovesMANY horse troughs and wash tubsso much early plantation life artifacts and NONE re purposed or touched!early telephone from the old plantationvintage 1950's era carousel horseThis plantation in 1880's--1940's had share croppers. This is a "sharecropper or slave" shovel. Each sharecropper was given one and if it was broken or lost, you paid a dear price. The handle was extra long as a measurement tool--original to the plantationone of many mantle clocks available for purchasewine pressso many old tools--The one at the top was a "two row" poisoner. Bags were attached to the ends and you'd walk between the rows spreading insecticide This plantation is filled with every tool that has every passed this way in the last 135 yearsweveral early washing crank washing machines and rub boards etcearly bicyclesoriginal to the plantation hay racks for animal hayvintage viseearly chicken roost--everything will be for sale, Just about everything!early hay rackDark Green glass and metal kerosene jug with spot and wooden handlepush plowthis is just a small peep at the crock bowls and crocksSale Picturelove the old cast iron Bulldog door stoporiginal early primitive paintingold crackling pot (still discovering the many plantation items scattered all over the property)beautiful mantle clock and two gorgeous pieces of early hand painted porcelainmore original parts to the old house (early screen door)1960's "coin" glasscommercial size butter churn (from the old plantation)original plantation bellmany wooden crates and wine jugs original to houseImported French crystal chandelierWorking Coke machineVintage fishing tackleAntique cans of every kind!Early easle So much from the antique -early boxes and cansBottles and jars found on the property Vintage record player with old recordsOver 50 Retro cookie jars So many cute retro cookie jars!White enamelware tonnageEvery Cajun homestead needs coffee potsProfessional grade pecan picker upperCotton scale for bales plus we have scales for sacks of cottonMan! Do we have antique lighting?!Look what we found up in the rafters! Old old recordsEverything they needed for a happy Cajun life-pipes, radios, harmonicas and a 1940s key to the old Lafayette Gordon HotelMagnalite!Brand new Skeet Shoot machine along with the clay pigeonsNew old stock Hires Rootbeer thermometerBeautiful OLD Cajun fiddleBeautiful original lighting!Beautiful old largecsterling rosary discovered tucked away in the barn--the stories this rosary could tell!!Musical instruments including Sogma Martin guitarMan do we have crocks! Here's a 20 gallon and six gallonOriginal 7 ft galley doors (2 sets) + 6 1/2 ft door original to house--we have the original shutters, attic shiplap and pickets. See old pic of house to see where they were originallyso much OLD farming equipment including this Horse driven John Deere sickle mowerseveral beautiful antique religious itemsSo much! Including this sturdy buckboard with original metal wheelsOriginal dairy barn wood is for sale. Contact Cheryl at 337-849-5757 if interestedSo many wonderful old pictures of farm life GE available!

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