Jct. of US 190 and Academy St., Opelousas, Louisiana. County/parish: St. Landry.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 22, 1991. NRIS 91000419.
Part of Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS (NRIS 64500249).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Venus House is a historic house located in Opelousas, Louisiana in the United States. The house is named after its former owner and occupant, Marie François Venus, a free Creole woman of color. It is one of the oldest houses of its kind in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Today, the house serves as the centerpiece of Le Vieux Village.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1991.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73972763