Kenilworth Plantation House

The Kenilworth Plantation House is a historic plantation house located at 2931 Bayou Road in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. According to a sign in front of the house, the French Creole style house was built in 1759. It was on this date that the lower half of the home was completed as a livable space.Its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, however, indicates it was built circa 1820.

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Saint Bernard, Louisiana

Saint Bernard is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was established in the 18th century during Louisiana's Spanish colonial era as the center of Isleño settlers. The community is located on Louisiana State Highway 300, east of the Mississippi River and 8 miles southeast of Chalmette. In addition to the historic village of Saint Bernard, the "Saint Bernard" name is often used informally and for mailing addresses to include other nearby unincorporated communities in the Terre-Aux-Boeufs area. The Dr. Louis A. Ducros House is on the National Register of Historic Places, as are nearby Kenilworth Plantation House, and the Sebastopol Plantation House in Sebastapol near Poydras, Louisiana.

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Poydras, Louisiana

Poydras is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,886 at the 2000 census and 2,536 in 2020. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area. Poydras is on the East Bank of the Mississippi River, just upriver from the Plaquemines Parish line.

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Bayou Dupre

Bayou Dupre is a bayou in southeastern Louisiana.

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St. Bernard State Park

St. Bernard State Park is a state park located in the American state of Louisiana, on a tract of land in St. Bernard Parish, between the towns of Poydras and Caernarvon. Though located only approximately eighteen miles southeast of New Orleans, attendance had been fledgling at the park for years, ranking among the least visited in the state.

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Violet, Louisiana

Violet is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,758 at the 2020 census. Violet is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, approximately 7.5 miles southeast of New Orleans and is part of the Greater New Orleans area.

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During the early 19th century, the French Creole style was the predominant architectural form of St. Bernard Parish; however, most of the parish's French Creole buildings from the period are no longer standing, and Kenilworth is one of the best-preserved examples of the style. The two-story house has a raised basement, and the upper story is considered the primary living space. A gallery supported by turned colonnettes surrounds both stories of the house; all entrances from the gallery feature French doors. The house's hipped roof has an intricate truss support system and exposed, shaped rafter tails typical of Creole designs. Since 1964, the home has been owned by Dr. Valentino Acosta, an Arabi dentist and his family. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 2006. The house was a filming location for the movie Stay Alive. Much earlier, in 1961 The Dead One (also known as Blood of the Zombie), a regionally produced horror film written, produced and directed by Barry Mahon, was filmed at Kenilworth for the exterior and in New Orleans for interior scenes. At the time, the home had recently been purchased by Rupert and Elise Stuart of New Orleans, and its rundown appearance lent itself to the spirit of the film, which is now considered a classic in zombie film history and available on DVD.