About Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Plattenville, Louisiana)

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The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Assumption Church, in Plattenville is a historic Roman Catholic church which was built in 1856. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The area was settled by Canary Islanders and Acadians from 1779 on and the parish was formed in 1793 with its first church being "little more than a shack". It was replaced by a more permanent one in 1819, which in turn was replaced by this one in 1856, quite close to the site of the 1793 church. The parish's governing "Fabrique", or council of wardens, reportedly appointed a committee to measure the Catholic church in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and

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Royal Street, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, 70393

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