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1801 West Airline Hwy Open Mon-Fri 8-4:30 504-652-9569 www.stjohnla.orgFirst explored by Iberville in 1699, German immigrants established St. John Parish's earliest colony in 1721 along the Mississippi River. The Acadians, driven from Nova Scotia by the British, settled a short distance upriver in 1755. Their French names, traditions and culture are strongly represented to this day. "Andouille" Capital of the World, a unique, spicy, smoked sausage made exclusively in St. John Parish.
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FestivalsAndouille Festival - October Timbermill Festival
Attractions
Glendale Plantation drive by
Soraporu Home ca. 1850 drive by
Hempel House drive by
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Caire Store drive by
Caire Grocery drive by
Graugnard House drive by
Caire-Graugnard Columbia Sugar Mill
Columbia Plantation drive by
Dugas House drive by Built in 1814 and consist of mud and moss walls built with a Norman truss, which qualified it for the National Register.
Bacas House drive by
Evergreen Plantation drive by Two story brick structure was built about 1840 in the Greek Revival style. One of the only complete plantation homes left, garconniers, pigeonniers, privies, barns, 28 servants' quarters with an avenue of 39 live oaks leading to them.
Whitney Plantation drive by The raised cottage constructed of bousillage - moss, mud and cypress. ca. 1840.
Augustin Lasseigne House ca. 1918. drive by
Elvina Plantation ca. 1898 drive by
J. J. Reine House ca. 1898. drive by
Woodland Plantation
Dufresne Home ca. 1862. drive by Victorian cottage site of slave rebellion.
Former St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church building
Jacobs General Store
Godchaux Reserve Plantation & Guest House open
Donaldson House drive by
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church
Pretice Jacob Historical Museum
Graugnard House Bed & Breakfast 2292 River Road. 504-651-2889
San Francisco Plantation Hwy 44 River Road. Open 10-4:30 daily. 888-322-1756 www.sanfranciscoplantation.org Not far from Mississippi River stands this fantastic, romantic home, built in 1855. Steamboat Gothic in style and authentically restored and furnished.
Emile Plantation drive by
Timbermill Museum
Hope Plantation drive by
Camellia Cottage drive by
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