Kate Chopin House
Historic house in Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1993, and a National Historic Landmark.
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What it is
The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum or Alexis Cloutier House, was a house in Cloutierville, Louisiana. It was the home of Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, after her marriage.
Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The record
| Register name | Chopin, Kate, House |
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Main St. (LA 1), Cloutierville, LA |
| Parish | Natchitoches Parish |
| Reference number | 93001601 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 building |
Visiting
| Address | Main St. (LA 1), Cloutierville, LA |
| Coordinates | 31.5407° N, 92.9172° W · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Cane River Creole National Historical Park · 9 miles · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Corral Ohv Camp 2 miles · Kisatchie Bayou Recreation Area 12 miles · Cane 13 miles |
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Drawings & photographs
Measured drawings and photographs from the Library of Congress. Public domain. All 8 records ↗
Map
Nearby in Natchitoches Parish
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Public land around it
| Red River National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 2 miles away19,014 acres |
| Kisatchie Hills Wilderness ↗Wilderness, U.S. Forest Service | About 4 miles away8,701 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Natchitoches Parish
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Guidebooks to historic places in Louisiana
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.
Reference
Questions people ask
Can I visit Kate Chopin House?
Yes. Kate Chopin House is recorded as open to the public.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Kate Chopin House?
Main St. (LA 1), Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The nearest national park unit is Cane River Creole National Historical Park, 9 miles away.
Are there historic photographs or drawings of Kate Chopin House?
Yes. The Historic American Buildings Survey at the Library of Congress has drawings or photographs of it.
Source: Library of Congress
Are there campgrounds near Kate Chopin House?
Three federal campgrounds are within reach. The closest is Corral Ohv Camp, 2 miles away. Kisatchie Bayou Recreation Area is 12 miles away, and Cane is 13 miles away.
Source: Campsite Atlas
Is there cell service at Kate Chopin House?
FCC coverage maps show Verizon 4G LTE, AT&T 4G LTE, and T-Mobile 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 93001601. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA. Drawings and photographs are Historic American Buildings Survey records at the Library of Congress, public domain.