Fazendeville was a small, historic, African American community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located near the Freedmen's Cemetery in the parish, this village was razed during the 1960s as part of an expansion of the Chalmette National Battlefield in the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve.
Fazendeville and the Chalmette National Cemetery and Chalmette monument, aerial view from southwest, 1963
Battle Ground Baptist Church and neighboring shotgun-style houses, Fazendeville, Louisiana, 1960
Laundry drying at an occupied cabin, Fazendeville, Louisiana, 1960
Fazendeville as seen from the American Rampart Line, 1958
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
St. Bernard Parish is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat and largest community is Chalmette. The parish was formed in 1807. St. Bernard Parish is part of the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area; the parish is located southeast of the city of New Orleans and comprises the Chandeleur Islands and Chandeleur Sound in the east.
St. Bernard Parish Courthouse
Kenilworth Plantation House (originally Bienvenu) in St. Bernard's Terre aux Boeufs dates back to the 1750s.
"Involuntary Demolition" notice, posted on buildings in St. Bernard Parish when there has been no significant effort to gut, secure, or repair the building over a year after Hurricane Katrina.
Historic place names in St. Bernard Parish
