The St. Anne Church (Spanish Lake) in the vicinity of Robeline, Louisiana is a historic church founded in the 1800s as a mission from the St. Augustine Parish Church of Isle Brevelle. The current building was built in 1916. It is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of LA 485 and Blosmoore Road. It was added to the National Register in 1994. It was deemed notable "because it is a rare example of the

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style within Natchitoches Parish." With .

History

In the 18th century, Spanish Lake was known as ''Laguna de los Adaes'', so named because the Adai Indians lived around it. After the Spanish left in 1773 due to the closure of the Presidio at Los Adaes (the area was put under the jurisdiction of Fort St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches), the community became known as ''Spanish Lake''. On March 11, 1856, the mission of

St. Augustine Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Afri ...

at Isle Brevelle was decreed by Bishop Auguste Martin, the first Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchitoches The Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchitoches was a residential episcopal see of the Catholic Church from 1853 to 1910 and is now a titular see. History Originally, the bishopric of Natchitoches was the Catholic Diocese for the central portions of ...

, to be a parish in its own right and assigned his brother, Fr. Francois Martin to be its first resident pastor. Now as a Parish Church,

(also known as the Isle Brevelle Church) expanded and founded four other missions in the area,

St. Charles Chapel at Bermuda St. Charles Chapel at Bermuda is a historic Catholic chapel founded in the early 1900s along the banks of the Cane River on Isle Brevelle in Natchitoches Parish serving the unincorporated community of Bermuda, Louisiana. It is the cultural ...

, St. Joseph's Catholic Mission at Bayou Derbonne,

St. Anne Chapel at Old River St. Anne Chapel at Old River is a historic Catholic chapel founded in the 1800s along the banks of Old River near Cypress and Isle Brevelle in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, serving the Old River community. It is the cultural and religious ...

, and St. Anne's at Spanish Lake serving the

Adai Caddo Indians of Louisiana The Adai Caddo Indians of Louisiana (also known as Adai Caddo Indian Nation of Louisiana and the Adai Caddo Tribe) is a state-recognized tribe in Louisiana and 501(c)(3) organization in Robeline, Louisiana. Its members are descendants of the ...

. Notable Creole founding and patron families include Metoyer, Rachal, Longlois, Lacaze and Brevelle. After a reorganization in the Roman Catholic Church, the Natchitoches Diocese became the Alexandria Diocese. The St. Anne mission was transferred under the St. Francis of Assisi Church, Powhatan.

Notable People

Jean Baptiste Brevelle Jean Baptiste Brevelle (French: ''Jean Baptiste Brevel'') was a Parisian-born trader, explorer, and one of the first soldiers garrisoned at Fort St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in present-day Natchitoches, Louisiana and Le Poste des Cadodaq ...

(1698-1754), early 18th century explorer, trader and soldier of Fort Saint Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches. Father of the namesake of Isle Brevelle and patron family of the St. Augustine Church (Isle Brevelle) and St. Anne Church (Spanish Lake).

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