This is what remains of a once beautiful house. It was lovingly restored in 1982 by Louisiana Brigadier General and Mrs. O. J. Daigle.
It was a large, white raised cottage with beautiful front and side galleries. The one story, frame Greek Revival House was built for Benjamin Tureaud in 1855. Tureaud was the grandson of Emanuel Bringier who owned many plantations in the area. The grape and vine ironwork on the front and side gallieries distinguished it from most cottages in the area.
A fire in the middle of the night destroyed it in 2002.
General Daigle died in April, 2010. His daughter, Debra Daigle Mayhew, along with her husband, Zeb, is now the steward of Oak Alley Plantation, across the Mississippi River from Tezcuco.
One day I'll find my box of film photos I took of Tezcuco in the 198o's and post with this.