pigeonnier

Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments

In French, a common feature of the French Colonial plantation house, which often boasted two of these roosting houses, placed symmetrically in front and back of the main residence. A typical pigeonnier was one-and-a-half or two stories high with the setting (nesting) boxes placed over a ground-floor storeroom; fancy versions featured octagonal designs. The birds were raised for both meat and fertilizer. (Kremer, 2023)