Carencro Visitors Center

TEAM: SO Studio, Lue Svendson Landscape Architect
CLIENT: City of Carencro
LOCATION: Carencro, Louisiana
COMPLETION: 2023

This 200-year-old early Acadian cottage was found enveloped in a pink Victorian house near the center of the City of Carencro, Louisiana. The city council and former Mayor of Carencro, Glenn Brasseaux, saved this jewel and had it purchased and moved one block from its original location. SO Studio designed and led the restoration to its former glory to what will soon open as the new Carencro Visitors Center and Museum.

The preservation process of this visitors center included carpenter marks, peg construction and bousillage. An additional restroom facility, evoking the traditional massing of the cottage with modern details and materials, was placed on the rear to service the center. The project includes historic landscaping and parking in the rear of the center.