Festivals
Holy Family Catholic Church "Bear Fair" - April
Cajun French Music Assoc. "Cajun Day" - April/May
Fourth of July Fireworks on the River - July
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
"Feast on the Levee" - September
"Sugarfest" - October
Port Allen "Bonfest" Bonfire Celebration - December
Attractions
Addis Historical Museum
7821 Ray Rivet St. 225-687-4844.
By appt. Formerly the Bank of Addis built in 1920. It is the only original central business district structure remaining. Houses collections of photographs, memorabilia & exhibits on the town's history.
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church & Cementery
426 South River Rd. 225-749-2189.
Founded by Acadian settlers.
Hebert House
801 East Main. Drive by.
A French Creole home ca. 1835.
Cinclare Sugar Plantation & Mill
Hwy 1 Drive by
Produces raw sugar from sugar cane grown in near-by-fields.
Choctaw Plantation & Railroad
5151 Ellwood Rd. By appt. 225-344-2920.
Ride a real sugar plantation railroad as it winds through the Choctaw Plantation grounds. A plantation scale house, train depot, barn & other historic buildings contain artifacts depicting life on a sugar plantation.
Port Allen Lock
2101 Ernest Wilson Dr. By appt. 225-343-3752.
A massive structure with 90-ton doors & 64-foot side provides water access for commercial vessels through the Intracostal Waterway.
Port of Greater Baton Rouge
2425 Ernest Wilson Dr. By appt. 225-342-1660.
Nations sixth largest port handling 80 million tons of goods.
Scott's Cemetery
Court and Commerce St. 225-383-2234. United Methodist Church.
The burial place of African-Americans important to West Baton Rouge history dating back to the 1850's.
West Baton Rouge Museum & Aillet House & Allendale Slave Cabin
845 N. Jefferson 225-336-2422 Open Tues-Sat. 10-4:30, Sun. 2-5.
See a 22-ft. sugar mill, hear "sugar stories," and experience sugar plantation life from the field to the factory, from the slave cabin to the "big house!"
Old Port Allen High School
610 Rosedale Rd. ca 1938. Drive by.
One of the finest examples of art deco buildings in Louisiana.
Poplar Grove Plantation
3142 N. River Rd. 225-344-3913
www.poplargroveplantation.comOpen daily by appt. Victorian home built in New Orleans as the Bankers' pavilion at 1884 Worlds Fair.
Monte Vista Plantation Home
3722 N. River Rd. * Drive by. ca. 1850.
Allendale Plantation Historic District
N. River Rd. Private.
Drive by Rare surviving plantation complex.
Orange Grove Plantation Store
11039 North River Road 225-343-7567 By appt. ca. 1850.
Authentic plantation commissary featuring extensive antique culinary collection and other artifacts.
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