4250 Louisiana 308
Napoleonville, LA 70390
29.92696,-90.994456
Nicknamed the “Queen of the Bayou”, Madewood plantation is a grand home that sits right along Bayou Lafouche in Napoleonville. The plantation was built in 1846 by wealthy sugar planter, Thomas Pugh. The plan was to build one of the most elaborate homes in the area. No shortcuts would be taken and no expenses would be spared by this extravagant and "busy" father of fifteen! As with his “seed spreading”, Mr. Pugh didn’t know when to stop and such was also the case in designing and decorating Madewood.
The home consisted of over six hundred thousand bricks, all made and treated on the property. With the help of his architect, Henry Howard, the plantation was literally a fortress, with its twenty-four inch thick exterior walls that went eight feet into the ground. The home would be different than most of the traditional Acadian-styled residences in the area, as it was built in more of a Greek revival fashion.
