L'Hermitage is a Greek Revival plantation home. Marius Pons Bringier commissioned the home to be built in Burnside, Louisiana

Burnside, Louisiana

Burnside, Louisiana is an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. It was founded by French and German settlers in 1726. It is the location of three places listed on the National Register of Historic Places: The Houmas, St. Joseph's School, and Tezcuco....

 as a wedding gift for his son, Michel Doradou in 1812. Michel served as an aide to Andrew Jackson on the Chalmette battlefield in the War of 1812. L'Hermitage was named after General Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

's home in Tennessee. The Jacksons visited here in the 1820s.