Roque House, Natchitoches, Louisiane
photo JLJ 1995
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The Roque House is a fine example of
French Creole architecture. Its oversized roof and gallery porch are typical of
the style. It originally consisted of two main rooms with cabinets on either
side. The house was built with the traditional materials used by the earliest
settlers of the area, cypress half-timbers and bousillage infill (a mixture of
mud, Spanish moss, and deer hair). The house was built in 1803 by a freed slave
named Yves, who is also referred to as Pacalé.
À Natchitoches, sur Front Street, au bord du Cane River Lake, Roque House est coiffée de tuiles de bois. Construite en 1803 selon la technique du bousillage (1) par un esclave affranchi, elle abrite un musée, la Cane River Art Gallery.
1. Bousillage. L'intervalle entre les planches de cyprès était rempli avec un mélange de mousse espagnole, d'argile de la rivière, auxquels étaient ajoutés des crins de daims et des coquilles d'huîtres.
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