J.B. Ferran Building
Address 101 E. Bridge St, St. Martinville, LA 70582
Year Built 1899
Building History
J.B. Ferran built his store at Bridge and Main around the turn of the century…either shortly before or shortly after. It has been a long series of various establishments. The latest is the beautifully restored Maison de Ville Restaurant, a trendy eatery and pub. The upstairs is a banquet facility, turned occassionally to a cozy dinner theater. Built in 1899 by J.B. Ferran to operate as a dry-goods store and grocery store on the lower level and his residence above, Ferran demolished an older building for this construction. The post office was moved to this building in January 1917 and remained here until moved to La Maison Duchamp in 1939.
Representative Men
J.B. Ferran was a native of “La belle France,” he came to St. Martiville and first engaged in agricultural pursuit, but his mind being bent on a commercial life, he opened up a small store, with a capital of only a few hundred dollars. Success followed his efforts, and he owned a large grocery and liquor store, one of the largest and best stocked dry goods store, and a general furniture store. Though his three stores consumed much of his time he still found a few moments to attend the meetings of the Board of Trade, as well as of the Catholic Knights of American, of which he was a valued member. Enterprising and energetic, Mr. Ferran was a member of the Carnival Association and always took much interest in its pageants.
Open to Public? No
Other Info Cousin’s Restaurant and Alligator Bar, now closed
Source: 1896 in Le Petit Paris: Turning the Century in Southwest Louisiana by Lawrence F.M. Capuder, Sr.
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