The Audrey Hotel

ID: 1488 ~ Source: Lafayette Genealogical Society ~ Creator: Gary E. Theall on behalf of the Vermilion Historical Society

This file appears in: The Veranda Hotel's Journey Through Fires, Violence, and Modernization

Exterior, 1940s

This file appears in: The Veranda Hotel's Journey Through Fires, Violence, and Modernization

The Veranda Hotel's Journey Through Fires, Violence, and Modernization – The Evolution of Abbeville's Historic Landmark

By Sean M. Grappe

Construction of the Veranda Hotel began in 1845 as a courthouse by Catholic priest and founder of Abbeville, Père Antoine Désiré Mégret. The hotel underwent a tumultuous journey of evolution and transformation, marked by fires, acts of violence, and…