A document found in the BKH attic featuring the Giacona family business's letterhead. Dated February 8, 1917. At the Beauregard-Keyes House we have long celebrated our French Creole heritage, which dates back to Joseph LeCarpentier for whom the house was built in 1826. We continue to honor (and thank our lucky stars for!), the fine restoration work that author Frances Parkinson Keyes and architect Samuel Wilson, Jr. lovingly put into the home in the 1940s and 50s when it was