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In St. James Parish . . .
Sit on the steps of a 200-year old cypress cabin.
Step into a lavish parlor of an antebellum mansion.
Or do the Cajun two-step.
Pull on your hipboots to explore a serene swamp,
taste hometown Creole cooking.
And join in the merry-making of levee bonfires for miles.
Just around the bend from New Orleans, St. James Parish is accessible by all major highways. Numerous bed and breakfasts, hotels, restaurants, festivals, and down-home folks who’ll show you a good time.
Plantations—St. James Parish
Laura: A Creole Plantation
Historic 1805 sugar plantation with story-telling tours based on 5000 pages of French documents, real-life accounts of 7 generations of Creole owners, women, slaves and children, and the memoirs of Laura Locoul Gore who lived on the plantation for almost 100 years. The 24,000 square foot home features Creole architecture with galleries and brick-between-post construction. Walk the grounds and see 11 historic buildings—overseers' cottages, carriage houses, horse barns, the "Maison de Reprise" built in 1829 as a retirement home for the women owners of Laura Plantation. Also four remaining cypress slave cabins are where west-African folktales of Compair Lapin (Br'er Rabbit) were recorded. Guided tours daily. Admission $10 adult, $5 children. Group rates. Des visites EN FRANÇAIS s'offrent quotidiennement à 13h et à 15h, ou selon disponibilité.
St. James Parish
2247 Hwy 18
Vacherie, LA 70090
Phone 225-265-7690
Fax: 225-265-7960
Email: info@lauraplantation.com
www.lauraplantation.com
Oak Alley Plantation
The “Grande Dame of the Great River Road,” built in 1839 by a wealthy sugar planter. Stunning quarter-mile avenue of 300-year old oak trees lead to the classic, Greek Revival antebellum home. Bed and Breakfast accommodations in 100-year old cottages, Oak Alley Restaurant open for breakfast and lunch with Louisiana favorites like beignets, crawfish etouffe, fried alligator, and bread pudding with whiskey sauce. Impressive gift shop, café and ice cream parlor, spectacular setting for weddings and social events. Open 7 days a week except Christmas and Thanksgiving. Admission $10 adult, $5 ages 13-18, $3 ages 6-12. Group rates.
St. James Parish
3645 Highway 18 (Great River Road)
Vacherie, Louisiana USA 70090
Phone 225-265-2151 or toll free 800-442-5539
Main Fax 225-265-7035 Fax Sales Office 225-265-2626
Email: contactus@OakAlleyPlantation.com
www.OakAlleyPlantation.com
Felix Poché Plantation
An unusual Victorian Renaissance Revival raised house right on the Mississippi River. Originally owned by Judge Felix Pierre Poché, attorney known for his scholarly Civil War diaries written in French, the home is now beautifully restored and serves as a Bed and Breakfast. Seven rare marble, cypress, and cast iron mantles are original to the home. See a vast collection of antiques in every room; hear the rich stories of two families who lived in the home, husbands and wives who loved each other and who loved the majestic Mississippi River. Open daily for tours (10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m) in the heart of plantation country. Bed and Breakfast and RV facilities are available. RV Park service offered, full hook up service, water and cable. Country breakfast offered.
St. James Parish
6554 Louisiana Hwy 44 (River Road)
Convent, LA 70723
Phone 225-562-7728
Fax 225-562-0550
Email: innkeeper@Pocheplantation.com
www.Pocheplantation.com
St. Joseph Plantation
Built in 1830 by French Creoles as a sugar cane plantation and is the birthplace of one of American’s reknown architects, H. H. Richardson. Still operating as a sugar plantation, the property has been in the same family for over 130 years. Like many Louisiana plantations, the home has seen many changes— doubling in size when King Louis XIV’s daughters owned it, being sold in a sheriff’s sale after the Civil War. See original cypress slave quarters, Creole cottages, detached kitchens, barns, chicken coops Admission Adult $8, Ages 13-18 $6, Child 6-12 $4, Under 6 Free. Grou discounts. Open daily.
St. James Parish
3535 Highway 18
Vacherie, LA 70090
Phone 225-265-4078
Email: stjoe@charterinternet.com
www.stjosephplantation.com
Driving Directions
From Baton Rouge travel east on I-10
From New Orleans, travel west on I-10
Exit Hwy 61 South for LaPlace (Tourist Commission)
Hwy 44 (Jefferson Hwy) is River Road
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