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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses abstract "The Istre Cemetery Grave Houses are three historic grave houses located in Istre Cemetery in Morse, Louisiana. The houses are the only three known surviving examples of traditional Acadiana grave houses. The structures were built in 1925, 1935, and circa 1900; they each resemble a small gable-roofed house. It is important to distinguish between grave shelters and grave houses. Shelters, common in Protestant southern cemeteries, are primarily built with a roof, four corner posts and a fence protecting an in-ground burial site. Grave houses are complete, miniature houses with siding, hinged doors, windows and sometimes ornate interiors. No one knows why the Cajun Catholic settlers in the Acadiana Prairie region of south Louisiana began building grave houses. There are numerous legends about how the tradition started. The significance of the grave houses is uncertain; historians have variously proposed that the houses were a form of protection or a local interpretation of burial vaults. The houses resemble the grave shelters of the Upland South, another burial tradition with obscure origins, and some researchers have suggested that the former practice derives from the latter.Local filmmakers Zach, Donny and Jeremy C. Broussard released their historical documentary Little Houses in 2009. The film documents the mystery of the houses, their historical significance and the filmmakers' efforts to have them listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Locals estimate that at least forty grave houses once stood in the Istre Cemetery alone and twelve remained in Istre Cemetery as recently as the 1980s. Today only three original houses remain. Since the film's release, a fourth house has been built by Leonard Smith, a local resident and caretaker of the cemetery.The grave houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 21, 2008.".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses added "2008-02-21".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses area "809.37128448".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses nearestCity Morse,_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses nrhpReferenceNumber "07000545".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses thumbnail Istre15.jpg?width=300.
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Acadiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Acadiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1900.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1925.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1935.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Acadia_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cemeteries_in_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cemeteries_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Morse,_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink National_Register_of_Historic_Places.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses wikiPageWikiLink Upland_South.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses yearOfConstruction "1900".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses added "2008-02-21".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses builder "LeBlanc, Henry & Istre families".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses caption "The LeBlanc Grave House before the family began restoration efforts.".
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses governingBody "Private".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses latDegrees "30".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses latDirection "N".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses latMinutes "6".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses latSeconds "56".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses locmapin "Louisiana".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses longDegrees "92".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses longDirection "W".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses longMinutes "33".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses longSeconds "53".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses name "Istre Cemetery Grave Houses".
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses nearestCity Morse,_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses refnum "7000545".
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses subject Category:Acadiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1900.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1925.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1935.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Acadia_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses subject Category:Cemeteries_in_Louisiana.
- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses subject Category:Cemeteries_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Louisiana.
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses type Building.
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses type LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings.
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses comment "The Istre Cemetery Grave Houses are three historic grave houses located in Istre Cemetery in Morse, Louisiana. The houses are the only three known surviving examples of traditional Acadiana grave houses. The structures were built in 1925, 1935, and circa 1900; they each resemble a small gable-roofed house. It is important to distinguish between grave shelters and grave houses.".
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses depiction Istre15.jpg.
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- Istre_Cemetery_Grave_Houses name "Istre Cemetery Grave Houses".