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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
We have had a past of many battles, on the battlefield and in the political arena. Louisiana's architecture is a lasting impression of French and Spanish rule. Today, there are many reminders of the past in our museums, plantations, historic sites and attractions.
Whitney Plantation (legal name The Whitney Institute) is a non-profit museum dedicated to the history of the Whitney Plantation, which operated from 1752-1975 and produced indigo, sugar, and rice as its principal cash crops.
Discover artifacts from Shreveport’s Red Light District at Spring Street Museum. Check out an engineering marvel from the Victorian era at Shreveport Water Works Museum. Learn about African and African American history at Southern University Museum of Art. Blow up the Great Raft yourself at the Louisiana State Oil and Gas Museum.
4 lip 2016 · A comprehensive guide to Louisiana Plantations along the River Road. We recently visited 12 Louisiana plantations along Louisiana's River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
13 mar 2021 · One of the many properties acquired by James Belton Pickett in the period following the succession of the Caddo Indian lands to the United States, c. 1837. Pickett, of South Carolina, came to this area c. 1836. He became one of the founders of Shreveport, and owner of thirteen plantations.
Kent Plantation House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is an authentic Creole plantation house built circa 1796 prior to the Louisiana Purchase. The plantation house is one of the oldest standing structures in the state of Louisiana.
