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Destrehan plantation is a very good combination of history, slave, life, and plantation owner life. It’s one of the closest plantations to New Orleans. Some plantations focus more on slave life and some completely.
Destrehan Plantation (French: Plantation Destrehan) is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. It is located in southeast Louisiana, near the town of the same name, Destrehan. During the 19th century, the plantation was a major producer of indigo and then sugarcane.
Built in 1787, Destrehan Plantation is the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi Valley. The plantation is open seven (7) days a week with the exception of major holidays from 9am to 5:30pm. The first tour begins at 9:30am. Duration: 1-2 hours.
In 1803 the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France to the United States saw Jean Noel Destrehan’s entry into politics. French Ambassador Laussat chose Etienne DeBore for Mayor of New Orleans and Jean Noel Destrehan for First Deputy.
Thirty minutes away from New Orleans and 10 minutes away from the New Orleans International Airport. Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. Our costumed historical interpreters will intrigue you with stories of the families who lived on the plantation free and enslaved.
8 sty 2016 · A trial at the Destrehan Plantation sentenced 45 men from the uprising to death or to go to New Orleans for future trials. Image from the Destrehan Plantation's Facebook Page. Two...
The sculpture garden that sits just outside the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park is a wooded quilt of streams, pathways, lovers' benches and, of…
