Festivals

Attractions

St. Philip Catholic Church

Laura Plantation
2247 Hwy 18. Open 9-5 daily. 225-265-7960. www.lauraplantation.com. ca. 1805.
Here the West African folktales of "Compair Lapin", better known as "Br'er Rabbit" were first recorded in America. Tours based on Laura's Memoirs detail Creole women/slaves.

Site of Valcour Aime "Little Versailles"
ca. 1799. Valcour Aime built a grand plantation, which is no longer standing, only a tangled jungle of trees & underbrush remain of the once beautiful gardens.

Felicity Plantation
drive by. ca. 1850. Valcour Aime built this home as a wedding present for one of his daughters.

St. Joe Historic Plantation Store
Open

St. Joseph Plantation
3421 LA Hwy 18. drive by.
Greek Revival built in 1840 for Valcour Aime's daughter, birthplace of famed architect Henry Hobson Richardson.

Oak Alley Plantation
3645 Hwy 18 Open 9-5 daily. 800-442-5539 www.oakalleyplantation.com.
One of the most spectacular setting in the entire South! ca. 1839. Is world renowned for its impressive quarter-mile alley of 300 year old live oaks. Restaurant, Gift Shop, & Bed & Breakfast cottages.

Bay Tree Plantation Bed & Breakfast
3785 Hwy 18. 1-800-895-2109. www.baytree.net ca. 1850 French Creole cottage.

St. Luke Baptist Church

Graugnard Farms Plantation House
5825 Hwy 18. drive by

St. James Catholic Church
ca. 1841.  Historic Acadian Church of Jacques Cantrelle and site of Congress Mondial Acadian monument in 1999. Historic graveyard of the first St. James settlers.

Site of Colapissa Indian Village

St. James Historical Society & Museum
1988 Hwy 44, 800-367-7852 www.stjamesla.com Open MON-FRi 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Blacksmith shop, tobacco shed, moss & trapping, plantation artifacts & much more

Lutcher United Methodist Church
2347 Texas St.

The "Olive Jeannette"
Main St. drive by
Trapping Patrol Boat built in 1926, all wooden structure.

Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Co.
drive by

Nobile's Restaurant
2082 West Main 225-869-8900 Open Wed -Fri 11 - 2pm. Thurs. - Sat. 5PM-10PM.
River Road Cuisine in a restored 1895 Victorian building. Antiques for sale.

St. Josephs Catholic Church

Little Texas
2834 Hwy 44. drive by

Antioch Baptist Church
3165 Antioch

Grand Point "Perique Tobacco" site
Home of World Famous Perique Tobacco

Manresa Retreat Home
Jefferson College
5858 Hwy 44. drive by
Magnificent, elongated three-story plantation. Greek Revival established in 1834 as a non-sectarian college for the higher education of the sons of wealthy Louisiana planters. During the War Between the States it was used as a barracks by the Union forces. In 1864 it was given to the Roman Catholic Marist Fathers who operated it as a boarding school for boys. It now belongs to the Jesuit Order and is used for a retreat house for Laymen.

St. Michael's Catholic Church
6476 Hwy 44

Poche Plantation
6554 LA Hwy 44 225-562-7728. www.plantation.poche.com
"The last of the Mississippi River Plantations". Bed & Breakfast Cottages. Tours by appointment.

St. Mary's Chapel
ca. 1875