Magnolia Plantation Louisiana Tours

The melrose plantation plot was originally acquired in 1753 by jean baptiste lecomte and has stayed in the family for 250 years.

Magnolia plantation louisiana tours. National register of historic places u.s. Magnolia plantation was established by ambrose lecompte ii and his wife julia buard lecompte in 1835. Louisiana's river road parallels the east and west banks of the mississippi river for about 70 miles (about 100 miles of actual road) through the louisiana parishes of st.

The park includes a blacksmith shop, plantation store, gin barn, eight cabins, and former slave hospital that at various times housed the owners and overseer. Magnolia mound plantation, baton rouge: Magnolia mound shows the intricate details of the lives lived by all inhabitants of a sugar cane plantation, in the bayou country of southern louisiana.

Today, there are a multitude of flowers in bloom during every season just waiting for you to explore their possibilities. Days tours available from charleston: We recently visited 12 louisiana plantations along louisiana's river road between baton rouge and new orleans.

Through educational programs, workshops, lectures, festivals and other special events, magnolia mound's mission is to illustrate and interpret the lifestyle of the french creoles who formed the fascinating culture which still influences and pervades life in southern louisiana. The magnolia plantation sits in natchitoches parish, louisiana along the cane river lake. The remainder of the plantation comprises part of the cane river creole national historical park.

The magnolia plantation complex, 18 acres of outbuildings, is open to the public and free to tour as a unit of cane river creole national historical park. As well as original slave cabins, a freedmen’s church, detached kitchen, and a 1790 owner’s. During your visit, you will learn about the history of slavery on a southern louisiana sugarcane plantation by visiting memorials built to honor enslaved people;

Magnolia plantation has 20 historic buildings remaining, including the plantation store, overseer's house/hospital, blacksmith shop, eight slave/tenant cabins, and gin barn. The gardens alone boast hundreds of species of flora, and are often overgrown onto the trail. The main house is still privately owned and is not open to the public.