Due to budget cuts, Nicholls State University recently bailed on plans to develop this old plantation house into its culinary center. Returned to the donating group, the historic Rienzi Plantation in Thibodaux, Louisiana is now being offered for sale. The Rienzi House is located directly across Bayou Lafourche from the town of Thibodaux and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It looks like it needs some real work, but the southern charm of this old plantation house, with sweeping porches and stately pillars, is hard to deny. The Greek Revival mansion, with over 6,000 square feet of living space, is believed to have been completed around 1835. The asking price for the property, which is owned by the charitable arm of the JB Levert Land Co., is $1.5 million, and the listing is being handled by Ernesto Caldeira of Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s. [HoumaToday.com] [KLFY News]
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by SUSAN MOSS, on 10.18.10 @ 11:09 PM
THIS WAS MY DREAM HOUSE WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL 30 YEARS AGO. I WISH I HAD $1.5 MILLION.
by Michael, on 11.28.10 @ 11:51 PM
No kidding! I’d love just to tour this place & the grounds.
by Murvyn R. Callo, on 08.10.11 @ 11:55 PM
Man, if only I hit the Lottery this would be my first buy. I love this house!!
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