page_title: Arabi, Louisiana
section_title: Historic areas
hierarchical_section_title: Arabi, Louisiana / History / Historic areas
caption_attribution_description: English: LeBeau Plantation, Arabi, Louisiana. The 1854 plantation house, Photographed by Infrogmation of New Orleans in 2006. It was a hotel and gambling establishment in the mid 20th century, destroyed by arson in 2013. The property was owned by Joseph Meraux and in his will was left to Arlene Soper Meraux after a court battle to prove a common law marriage. After her death, months prior to Hurricane Katrina, she left this plantation and several other properties to a commission made of several St. Bernard Parish politicians. Before the storm and later arson, a committee had planned on making large and pricey renovations to Le Beau hoping to bring more tourism into the area. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 98000836
context_page_description: Arabi is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, between the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and Chalmette within the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. The population was 8,093 at the 2000 census.
context_section_description: The St. Bernard Voice, a local paper, began publishing in the late 19th century, and still is produced from a small building on Mehle Street, near the Mississippi river in what was the original settlement.
  Most of the area was declared a historic district in the  1970s, including the original St. Bernard Jail, and the remains of the LeBeau Plantation (destroyed by arson November 22, 2013).
caption: "Le Beau" began as a plantation house in 1854, and was later a hotel and gambling venue. Destroyed by arson in 2013.
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