7-671: Kate Chopin House may refer to: Kate Chopin House (Cloutierville, Louisiana) , a U.S. National Historic Landmark and listed on the NRHP in Natchitoches County Kate Chopin House (St. Louis, Missouri) , NRHP-listed Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kate Chopin House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
14-496: A National Historic Landmark in 1993 for its association with Kate Chopin's life and her use of area happenings as source for bayou life covered in much of her writings. Though the building was restored, the wainscoting was original, as were many of the glass panes. A collection of Chopin artifacts was displayed in one of the basement rooms. The museum, known as the Bayou Folk Museum (in part because of Chopin's book of
21-804: 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. The house was located on Main Street ( Louisiana Highway 1 ) in Cloutierville, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana . The home was built by the town's founder, Alexis Cloutier and was constructed using a combination of handmade brick, hand-hewn cypress boards, and bousillage . Its construction, done through
28-463: The business. However, she soon left the home and relocated to St. Louis, Missouri by mid-1884 to be with her mother. She left her sons with the family of her husband in Cloutierville. Chopin used some of her experience in the town for inspiration for several of her writings, including Bayou Folk , A Night in Acadie , and The Awakening . The house was opened as a museum in 1979. It was declared
35-441: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Chopin_House&oldid=932934938 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kate Chopin House (Cloutierville, Louisiana) The Kate Chopin House , also known as
42-606: The neighborhood in her 1891 short story "For Marse Chouchoute" as "two long rows of very old frame houses, facing each other closely across a dusty roadway". Neighbors, mostly of French-Creole descent, did not approve of Chopin's fashion and tendency to smoke cigarettes, play cards, and go for walks alone. Local gossip also suggested that Chopin lifted her skirt higher than necessary when walking, showing her ankles. Kate Chopin only lived here for about four years when her husband died. Oscar Chopin had suffered from malaria and overdosed on quinine , leading to his wife Kate to take over
49-433: The use of slave labor, dated to between 1806 and 1813. Kate Chopin moved here with her husband Oscar and their five children in 1879. Her sixth child, a daughter named Lélia, was born here shortly after the family's arrival. Oscar set up a general store and ran the business end of the family plantation. Shortly after their arrival in Cloutierville, he inherited a quarter of the family property. Chopin would later describe
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