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Audubon State Historic Site
- 225-635-3739
- 11788 Louisiana 965, St Francisville, LA, USA
The tall, airy house where John James Audubon stayed is a splendid example of colonial architecture adapted to its climate.… Read More
Centenary State Historic Site
- 225-654-3775
- 3522 College St, Jackson, LA, USA
A restored professor's residence is on the grounds of Centenary College. Read More
Destrehan Plantation
- 985-764-9315
- 13034 River Road, Destrehan, LA, USA
Established in 1787, Destrehan is the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi Valley. She has survived colonial and… Read More
E. D. White Historic Site
- 985-447-915
- E.D. White Historic Site, Louisiana 1, Thibodaux, LA, USA
Historians date the construction of the plantation home anywhere from the late eighteenth century to the 1830's due to the… Read More
Gallier House
- 504-526-5661
- 1132 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
In 1857, esteemed New Orleans architect, James Gallier, Jr., put his considerable talent to work designing a residence of his… Read More
Grevemberg House
- 337-828-2092
- 407 Sterling Road, Franklin, LA, USA
The 1851 home was saved and meticulously restored by the St. Mary Landmarks Society. It is a magnificent example of… Read More
Hermann-Grima House
- 504-525-5661
- 820 Saint Louis Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
Built in 1831, by a German Jewish immigrant, Samuel Hermann, who amassed his fortune in the cotton market, Hermann-Grima House… Read More
Kent Plantation House
- 318-487-5998
- 3601 Bayou Rapides Road, Alexandria, LA, USA
Kent House is a classic example of French colonial architecture. Standing on the original land grant from the King of… Read More
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site
- 337-394-3754
- 1200 North Main Street, St Martinville, LA, USA
When the grant was sold and subdivided, this section was developed as an indigo plantation. In the early 1800s, Pierre… Read More
Longue Vue House and Gardens
- 504-488-5488
- 7 Bamboo Road, New Orleans, LA, USA
Longue Vue House and Gardens was designed and built between 1939 and 1942 for Edgar and Edith Stern and their… Read More
Madame John’s Legacy
- 504-568-6968
- 632 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
Madame John's is an excellent example of Louisiana Creole residential design at the end of the 18th century. Because of… Read More
Magnolia Mound Plantation
- 225-343-4955
- 2161 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
BREC's Magnolia Mound Plantation is a rare survivor of the vernacular architecture influenced by early settlers from France and the… Read More
Melrose
- 318-379-55
- 3533 State Hwy 119, Melrose, LA, USA
Melrose began life as The Louis Metoyer Plantation in 1796 and was named Melrose in 1884 when Joseph Henry bought… Read More
Oak Alley Plantation
- 225-265-2151
- 3645 Louisiana 18, Vacherie, LA, USA
The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading… Read More
Old Governor’s Mansion
- 225-387-2464
- 502 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
This is the second Governor's Mansion to occupy the site. The first Governor's Mansion, a large frame house built for… Read More
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site
- 225-635-3332
- 12501 Highway 10, Saint Francisville, LA, USA
Daniel and Martha Turnbull began construction on the main house at Rosedown in 1834, completing it by May the following… Read More
Shadows on the Teche
- 337-369-6446
- 317 East Main Street, New Iberia, LA, USA
A white-columned brick building constructed between 1831 and 1834 by sugar planter David Weeks and his wife, the Shadows is… Read More
Southdown Plantation and Museum
- 985-851-154
- 1208 Museum Drive, Houma, LA, USA
Southdown Plantation House is a 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history and culture. It… Read More
The 1850 House
- 504-568-6968
- 523 St Ann St., New Orleans, LA, USA
The Upper and Lower Pontalba Buildings, which line the St. Ann and St. Peter Street sides of Jackson Square, were… Read More
The Historic New Orleans Collection
- 504-523-4662
- 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA, USA
In a complex of historic French Quarter buildings, The Collection operates a museum, which includes the Williams Gallery for changing… Read More
Vermilionville Living History Museum
- 337-233-4077
- 300 Fisher Road, Lafayette, LA, USA
Vermilionville authentically portrays a way of life preserved with a distinctly French accent. Situated on the banks of the Bayou… Read More




















