Homes of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
J'ai passe' devant ta porte.
J'ai crier "By-Bye la Belle"
Il y'a personne qui ma pas repondu.
O-ye-yaie, mon couer fais mal.
Moi j'm'ai mis a observer.
Moi j'ai vu un lumiere alumee
Il y'a quelque chose qui me disait j'aurais pleurer.
O-ye-yaie, mon couer fais mal.
Moi j'ai 'te cogner a la porte.
Quand ils m'ont ouvert la porte
Mon j'ai vu des chandelles alumee.
Tout le tour de ton cercueil.
Thanks to Alice Thomas for sending the words to the last 2 stanzas to me
If anyone knows who wrote these lyrics, please let me know.
There is no home prettier than an old home, whether it has or has not been renovated. When I look at an old wooden home, I wonder who must have lived there and what were their lives like. Were they happy or had tragedy been a part of their lives too often? I wonder what had been going on in the world when it was built. Was it built before the Hurricane of 1893, a hurricane that had killed so many in Cheniere Caminada? Or had the Titanic sunk that year? Who was president of the United States when it was built? Many people have come to appreciate the beauty of these old structures, but, unfortunately, many of these homes have been torn down. Here are some of those old homes still standing. They are homes of yesterday, but some still have families living in them today. Also, I have included homes of tomorrow-cemetaries.
This old Creole Cottage is located in Grand Isle on Melon Lane and Medical Avenue just off Santiny Lane. The home was built in the late 1800's by Albano Chighizola. His daughter in law, Mrs. Lillie DeMolle Chighizola, who is 95 years old,still lives there with her daughter.
This home is unfortunately no longer standing.It was located on the corner of Highway 1 and Oleander.It was originally owned by the Drexler family then later by Clyde Pregeant.It was damaged by a tornado in 1993, and then torn down.
Located at the end of Santiny Lane in Grand Isle, this small,simple, yellow home is owned by Cora Santiny. She has lived at this location her entire life. Her back yard leads to a small canal where smaller trawling boats and pirogues are kept. At another end of her yard is the Caminada Bay.
Something creepy goes on in this red Creole Cottage with green shutters.It is partially hidden by huge oak trees and is located at the end of Cemetery Lane in Grand Isle. The last owner of the house was the former mayor of Grand Isle, Andy Valence. He spoke of hearing strange noises in the attic like furniture being moved around. When Curtis Vizier and Richard Brunies were hired to paint the walls inside the house in the 1950's, Mr. Vizier said that throughout the entire time he was working in there, he felt as though he was being watched. The house was built in the 1800's. Sometime prior to 1930, two men had an argument in the house which quickly led to one killing the other. Although many people are buying older homes, this one remains unsold; very few people have called it "home". It has remained vacant for many years.
There is nothing creepy about this house in Lockport, according to owner, Kim Bernard Suggs. When Kim was six years old, she and her family moved from this Creole cottage , which her grandfather, a railroad worker, had built in the 1890's. She loved her home,and said that she would one day come back to live in it. Years later, she did come back. Restoration began in 1993, and she married Milton Suggs in the dining room of this home. It is no longer an empty house, but a home filled with antiques, family mementos, and pleasant memories, old and not-so-old.
This Creole cottage in Grand Isle and was originally Ludwig's Store. It was built circa 1860. It was bought by the Augustine family in the 1940's and was renamed Augustine's General Store. The Augustine family lived in a 2 story house attached to the back of the store for many years, which had once been a small hotel called the Ludwig Hotel. The small section to the left of the front porch served as Grand Isle's post office for several years. George Izvolsky,who once painted or drew pictures of many of Grand Isle's landmarks such as the old Coast Guard Station(picture taken or belonging to Lester Theriot), windswept trees, Nez Coupe's house, the Oleander, Fort Livingston(on Grand Terre), once served as the postmaster.
The Ludwig Hotel
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