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 The site where the Bayou
Terrebonne Waterlife Museum now stands has undergone many incarnations
over the years. Originally developed in the 1880's to serve as a
ware house for Daigle Barge Line, the building served as a focal point
for Houma's growing freight industry. towards the turn of the
century, the existing warehouse was purchased by the Cenac family and
used in their oyster packing business. It was during this period
that Houma assumed the unofficial title of "oyster capital of
the world." Later (circa 1917) , the building was transformed
by Armand St. Martin, who made it into a labeling and transshipment
facility for the Indian ridge canning Company, as shrimp began to
overtake oysters in economic importance.
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