2023_photocoll_0166_0087

Digitized Date
2022
Storage Location
Legacy Inventory Number
24079
Media Fields
Media Title
Chretien Point
Media Source
Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology Photograph Collection, digitized with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Media Label Transcription

Chretien Point; Sunset, Louisiana, United States; SEE BACK; V-S-1; Built in early 1800s by Hypolite Chretien. Reputedly a hangout for smugglers, including Lafitte and his lieutenants. Chretien is located approximately 3 miles southwest of Sunset, Louisiana, west on La. 182, south on La. 754 for 200 yards, then left on parish road for approximately 2 miles.; 24079