Godchaux-Reserve Plantation

GODCHAUX-RESERVE PLANTATIONMaster’s in Preservation Studies Tulane University

Godchaux-Reserve Plantation

Site MapCurrent Location2011 Photographs Courtesy of Google Earth

Mississippi River

River Road

Property


NORTH


THE OWNERSChronology

c. 1760

1809

1833

1869

c. 1950

by Jean-Baptiste Laubel (free person of color).

to Antoine Boudousquie - changed name to “Reserve”. It was considered the best sugar plantation in the area at that time.

The son of Laubel sold house and land to Francois Rillieux (free person of color).

The widow of Boudousquie sold house and land to Leon Godchaux. He acquired 30,000 acres on 12 plantations by 1893.

Picked up 10+years later by the River Road Historical Society.

B U I L T

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2015 - CURRENT STRUCTURERiver Road Historical Society

GODCHAUX RESERVE ELEVATION

SOUTHWEST PERSPECTIVE NORTH


c. 1760 - ORIGINAL STRUCUTREJean-Baptiste Laubel

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SOUTH ELEVATIONGODCHAUX-RESERVE

WEST ELEVATION NORTHNORTH


1825 - PHASE I ADDITIONSFrancois Rillieux

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1850 - PHASE II ADDITIONSAntoine Boudousquie

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1909 - PHASE III ADDITIONSLeon Godchaux

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c. 1760 - 2015Changes Over Time

1760 - JEAN-BAPTISTE LAUBEL

WEST ELEVATION NORTH1825 - FRANCOIS RILLIEUX

WEST ELEVATION NORTH1850 - ANTOINE BOUDOUSQUIE

WEST ELEVATION NORTH

1909 - LEON GODCHAUX

WEST ELEVATION NORTH

1950 - GODCHAUX-RESERVE

SOUTH ELEVATION NORTH


FRENCH CREOLE ALONG RIVER ROADA Relic of French Colonial America


MISSISSIPPI RIVERProperty Owners1858 Map - Owners of Plantations off Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans

LA-MS 1858— (Left to right) 962k and 1,136k. Baton Rouge to New Orleans showing land owners. Modified from Norman’s chart of the lower Mississippi River, by A. Persac.

Engraved, printed & mounted by J. H. Colton & Co., New York. Library of Congress.

of the U.S. Sugar Crop came from Louisiana, in 1996.


THE SUGAR PLANTATIONSouthwest Louisiana 30%

Early 1900s: “President-to-be William Howard Taft, in the compa-ny of 117 senators and congressmen and twenty four governors, docked at the house on the way to New Orleans . . . Taft . . . addressed the gathered crowd from the gallery of the family residence at Reserve, the Summer House. Under Godchaux’s auspices,

Godchaux: Sugar enterprises ‘’was con-sidered the largest sugar producer from sugar cane in the United States . . . “


THE GREAT RIVER ROAD OF LOUISIANAArchitectural Brilliance of Louisiana

Mathew Carey map of 1814 Louisiana. Photo: Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Oak Alley Plantation, built 1837. Photo: Courtesy of the Oak Alley Plantation

Mississippi River Passageway through the United States. Photo: Courtesy of the Department of Transportation


PROPERTY LINES & PLANTATION OWNERSRiver Road

1858

2015


WOOD CUTTING TECHNIQUEWood & Framing

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Second Floor Framing

GODCHAUX-RESERVE FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR NORTH


FRAMING TECHNIQUE ISecond Floor


ATTIC FLOOR & WOOD ELEMENTSFraming Techniques

Overturned Original JoistsFirst Addition

Hewn JoistsFirst Addition

GODCHAUX-RESERVE FRAMING

ATTIC FLOORNORTH

3” x 4” Milled JoistsSecond Addition

2” x 4” JoistsMost Recent Addition


OVERTURNED ORIGINAL JOISTSAttic


ATTIC FLOORNORTH


FRAMINGTechnique

2 1

3


SECOND FLOOR

NORTH


ORIGINAL ROOF STRUCTURE3D Rendering


POSSIBLE PLANS3D Rendering


FIRST PHASE ADDITION3D Rendering


TOOLS USED IN TIMBER FRAMINGHISTORY OF JOINERY

Auger: Used to bore holes for pegs

Chisel: Used to create mortise and tenons and other joints

Adz: Used to dress logs of bark and squaring off

Tools used in Timber Framing


JOINERY IFirst Floor

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Phase 1 of Construction:

f. full shouldered mortise and tenon joint Type I

g. barefaced tenon joint

h. abandoned center mortise i. scarf joint halved and tabled j. mortise and tenon joint Type II

1st Floor Joinery

NORTHGODCHAUX-RESERVE FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR


g. barefaced tenon joint h. abandoned center mortise

e. Longitudinal Beveled and Tabled Half-scarf

f. full shouldered mortise and tenon joint Type I

k. abandoned double shouldered mortise

1st Floor Joinery




FIRST FLOOR

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l. mortise and tenon joint Type III


m. mortise and tenon joint Type IV

n. joist in beam joint type II o. butt joint p. edge-halved scarf joint q. abandoned top mortise

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1st Floor Joinery




FIRST FLOOR

Phase 4 of Construction:1st Floor Joinery

Phase 5 of Construction:1st Floor Joinery

r. half lap and toe nail Type V

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FIRST FLOOR

NORTH

A. Mortise and Tenon with Peg

E.Hand Hewn Mortise and Tenon without Peg

D. Dovetail Tenon

C. Abandoned Half-lapped Mortise

B. Double Mortise and Tenon

I. Longitudinal Beveled and Tabled Scarf Joint

H. Shoulder Joint with PegG. Cut Tenon with Peg or Abandoned Mortise

F. Sawn, Toenailed or Mortise and Tenon

J. Curved Door or Win-dow Transom

Key Conjectural Building PhasesA. Mortise and Tenon with Peg



E. Hand Hewn Mortise and Tenon without Peg

D. Dovetail Tenon

H. Shoulder Joint with Peg

G. Cut Tenon with Peg or Abandoned Mortise


J. Curved Door or Window Transom


Godchaux-Reserve Plantation HouseJoinery Map, 2nd Floor

Second Phase

First Phase

Third Phase

Fouth Phase


JOINERY IISecond Floor



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D. Dovetail Tenon







Second Phase

First Phase

Third Phase

Fouth Phase



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D. Dovetail Tenon







Second Phase

First Phase

Third Phase

Fouth Phase

GODCHAUX-RESERVE JOINERY

SECOND FLOOR

NORTH


BUILDING TECHNIQUESColombage & Bousillage

Key

Extant Bousillage

Remnants of Bousillage

Second Floor Elevation


SECOND FLOOR NORTH

GODCHAUX-RESERVE BRICK COLORS

SECOND FLOORNORTH


BRICK TECHNIQUESConstruction & Color


CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE OVERVIEWDates the Phases of Additions


SECOND FLOORNORTH


LIMEWASHIndigenous repellant

Original structure

First phase of additions

GODCHAUX-RESERVE WHITEWASH LOCATIONS

FIRST & SECOND FLOOR MERGENORTH


PAINT SAMPLING

Photographic documentation of white paint on baseboard

GODCHAUX PLANTATION HOUSEPAINT FINISHES

1A 1B

2A 2B 2C

3A 3B 3C 3D

Second Floor Interior Summmary

1B-1 1B-2 1B-3 2B-1 2B-2

2B-3 2B-4 2B-5 2C-1 2C-2

2C-3 3A-1 3A-2 3B-1 3B-2

3C-1 3C-2 3D-1 3D-2 3D-3


1A 1B

2A 2B 2C

3A 3B 3C 3D

INTERIOR 2nd FloorGodchaux-Reserve Plantation

Second Floor Interior (By Room)

Door &

Trim

Walls

Window &

Trim

Moldings

1B 2A 2B 2C 3A 3B 3C 3D

Color Schemes

VARIATIONS

Most Recent

Earliest


1A 1B

2A 2B 2C

3A 3B 3C 3D

EXTERIOR, 2nd FloorGodchaux-Reserve Plantation

EX-1 EX-2 EX-3 EX-4 EX-5

EX-6 EX-7

Second Floor Exterior Summmary

VARIATIONS

Most Recent

Earliest

DOORS WALL BASEBOARD COLUMN


CROWN MOLDING

CEILINGS FLOORS

BASE BOARDS

3A 3B 3C 3D

1A 1B

2A 2B 2C

VARIATIONS

Most Recent

Earliest

An example from room 3A. An example from room 2B.

An example from room 3C. An example from room 3D.

INTERIOR 2nd FLOORGodchaux-Reserve Plantation

Dark stain on wooden trim, found on most door trims in 2A-3D.

An example of the white lead paint, cleaned to show the true white color.

A ceiling member in room 3B, possibly “washing blue” and earliest coat.

Stand-alone door in 3C, earliest coat is a dark blue, potentially water based



WALLPAPER ANALYSISLocation

GODCHAUX-RESERVE WALLPAPER LOCATIONS

SECOND FLOOR NORTH


TECHNOLOGY OFWALLPAPERLayers


TECHNOLOGY OF WALLPAPERLayers


EXTERIOR DOORS & WINDOWS ISouth & West Elevations

Room1

1D1 1D1

1D1

1D1

1D1

1D11D11D11D1

1D1

1D1

1D1

1W1

1W11W1

GODCHAUX RESERVE FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOORNORTH

2D1

2D2

2D4

2D22D52D6

2D7

2D8

2D3

2W1

2W3

2W1

2W22W52W52W5

2W5

2W4 2W4

2W7

2W6


SECOND FLOOR

2D1

2D2

2D4

2D22D5

2D6

2D7

2D8

2D3

2W1

2W3

2W1

2W2

2W52W5

2W5

2W5

2W42W4

2W7

2W6


EXTERIOR DOORS & WINDOWS IINorth & East Elevations


SECOND FLOOR NORTH

2D1

2D2

2D4

2D22D52D6

2D7

2D8

2D3

2W1

2W3

2W1

2W22W52W52W5

2W5

2W4 2W4

2W7

2W6


SECOND FLOOR NORTH


INTERIOR DOORS & FIREPLACE MANTLES

Room1

1D1 1D1

1D1

1D1

1D1

1D11D11D11D1

1D1

1D1

1D1

1W1

1W11W1


FIRST FLOOR


INTERACTIVE MODELTake apart the phases of additions

GODCHAUX-RESERVE PLANTATIONMaster’s in Preservation Studies Tulane University

Godchaux-Reserve Plantation

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