Veranda Hotel
in Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Built in 1857 and abandoned in 1926. The
building was originally planned to be the
parish courthouse. After the parish gave
up this idea the property was purchased by
private businessmen who constructed the Veranda
Hotel. This picture was taken from 1987 calendar
published by the First National Bank of Abbeville. This is a picture of the Veranda Hotel, which
stood on the corner of State and Concord
Streets for about 70 years until it was demolished
to make room for the Audrey Hotel.
The building was begun about 1845 by P�re
M�gret himself as a courthouse building.
He stopped working on it when the parish
seat was moved back to Perry's Bridge in
1848. The parish seat was moved back
to Abbeville in 1854, four months after M�gret's
death (December 1853). The police jury
bought the property at M�gret's succession
sale, but then decided that instead of finishing
that building, they would build a wooden
courthouse directly on the courthouse square.
In 1857 the police jury sold this property
with the unfinished building to Joseph Gallet,
who completed the building and opened it
as the Veranda Hotel. By Gary E. Theall on behalf of the Vermilion
Historical Society.
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