From April 21st Houma (La) Today "Home's demolition angers former owner" by John DeSantos.
The former home of frontiersman, inventor Jim Bowie, who was killed at the Alamo, has been destroyed. The Acadia Plantation House at 918 E. First Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana, which had been cobbled together from two antebellum homes in Louisiana has been torn down to make way for a subdivision.
It was once listed on the National register of Historic Places, but no longer.
It was Jim Bowie's home from 1827-1831. He is given credit as the inventor of the Bowie Knife. His home was a consolidation also, from two Creole cottages, one which had been owned by Philip Barton Key, nephew of Francis Scott Key (who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner) and Andrew Donelson, nephew of President Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel.
During the Civil War, Union officers lived inside and soldiers camped on the grounds which were called Camp Stevens.
Always sad when historical structures are lost. Too bad they weren't able to keep it and use it for something else, perhaps a clubhouse or office if not living quarters.
Adios Acadia. --Cooter
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