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A French Creole house built in 1791 near the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Learn about its history, architecture, and outbuildings, such as the slave cabin, the pigeonnier, and the crop garden.
Visit Magnolia Mound, a rare survivor of the French Creole culture in Louisiana, with a 1791 plantation house and 16 acres of gardens. Learn about the history, architecture, and lifestyle of the Creoles through tours, programs, events, and exhibits.
Learn about the origins and evolution of Magnolia Mound Plantation, a French plantation house along the Mississippi River. See how the Duplantier family transformed the house into a fashionable neoclassical mansion and explore its collection of furniture and artifacts.
A 1792 French Creole plantation house authentically restored with outbuildings and gardens covering 15 acres. The property includes: a historic museum house, an open-hearth kitchen, overseer's house, quarter house, crop garden pigeonnier and carriage house.
Magnolia Mound, a nationally accredited museum and historic site, sits on sixteen acres shaded with ancient live oaks and magnolias. Built circa 1790 by John Joyce, who purchased the property from James Hillin, it is the oldest documented structure in Baton Rouge.
Open to the public in 1975, the Magnolia Mound Plantation complex has grown from the Historic House on five acres to nine buildings situated on 16 acres of the original plantation. Tours and educational activities highlight the Creole heritage of Louisiana's early Plantation Period.
Sited on the east bank of the Mississippi River atop a natural ridge, Magnolia Mound contains one of Baton Rouge’s oldest structures. Built in 1791 by Irish émigré John Joyce, a resident of Mobile, Alabama, the raised, French-Creole vernacular residence faced the river, shaded by mature oaks and crepe myrtles.
