Historic plantation tours below are offered to the public year round. Times and fees charged are subject to change.
Most homes have extensive grounds which offer great photography and birding opportunities.
Butler Greenwood Plantation
Early plantation remains in the same family which established
it in the 1790's. The antebellum home, a raised English
cottage with Victorian embellishments added in the 1850's,
is filled with priceless antiques, oil portraits, and
the area's finest original Victorian formal parlor,
its 12-piece rosewood set still in the original upholstery.
Surrounding the home are 19th-century gardens and a
grove of moss-draped live oaks planted in 1799. House
tours daily 9 to 5, Sunday 1 to 5. Admission fee charged.
Catalpa Plantation
William Fort came to Spanish Feliciana in the very early
1800's to establish a thriving sugar and cotton plantation.
The strong sense of continuity and reverence for the
past is unequaled anywhere, and today it is one of the
only two homes in the area open for touring that is
still owned and lived in by the descendants of the original
family. It is shown, not as a museum, but as a home
that is lived, used, and loved. Fine portraits, exceptional
antiques, and beautiful old china, porcelain, and silver
are original to either Catalpa or Rosedown Plantation
(home of the owner's grandmother.)
Enjoy a very personal tour through this gracious home
filled with the treasures of five generations.
5 miles north of St Francisville * Hwy. 61 *** Regular
tour hours 1pm - 4pm, closed Dec. & Jan. except
by appointment.
Cottage Plantation
Area's most complete plantation home, circa 1795 on
400 acres. Just 5 miles north of St Francisville, La.
Open for tours daily.
Greenwood Plantation
Greenwood Plantation was built in 1830 by William Ruffin
Barrow in Greek Revival style architecture with 28 columns
surrounding the house. It is considered the South's
finest example of classic colonial. The original house
burned and has since been restored and it now stands
substantially as it did over a century ago. Guided tours
daily. Admission fee.
Myrtles Plantation
The Myrtles Plantation invites you to step into the
past for a guided tour of antebellum splendor. You will
see fine antiques and architectural treasures. Guided
tours daily - 9:00am to 5:00pm. Admission fee.
Oakley House at Audubon State Historic Site
Where John J. Audubon came to Oakley in 1821 to tutor
Eliza Pirrie, and it was the home of her daughter Isabelle
Matthews during the hard years of the Civil War and
Reconstruction. When the last of this family died in
1946, the State of Louisiana bought and restored the
house, now the centerpiece of Audubon Historic Site.
Tours daily. Admission fee.
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site
Located on La. Hwy 10 just east of the intersection
of La. Hwy 10 and US Hwy 61. Tour antebellum home, avenue
of oaks and extensive gardens.
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