Editing St. Rose, Louisiana (section)

==History==

The [[LaBranche Plantation Dependency|LaBranche Plantation Dependency House]] is located in St. Rose. It is a surviving building of the LaBranche Plantation. The main house was the [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|plantation home]] built by the Zweig family in 1792. The plantation was based on the cultivation and processing of sugar cane and was dependent on slave labor. The big house was destroyed during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. One of the few buildings left on the property after the Civil War was the [[Dependency (architecture)|dependency]] house, also called a ''[[garconnière]]'' (French for bachelor quarters). The property also has a preserved [[Plantation complexes in the Southern United States#Slave quarters|slave quarters]] building.<ref>{{cite web| title=LaBranche Plantation Dependency House|publisher=experienceneworleans.com|url=http://www.experienceneworleans.com/louisianaplantationhomes.html|accessdate=2017-04-07}}</ref>

In 1873, Palmer Elkins purchased property in St. Rose. In 1880, Elkins invited [[Freedmen#United States|freedmen]] and their families to move onto his property to receive training. He established what became known as "Elkinsville" or "Freetown".