Tour these majestic marvels and their manicured gardens along the Great River Road, and across south and central Louisiana, and learn more about life during an incredible era leading up to the Civil War. You can spend your day touring and even stay overnight at many of the properties. The experience is one you won't forget!

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.

Acadia Plantation - demolished in 2010 and moved. - Thibodaux. Jean Charles Germain Bergeron House - Bergeron St., Hwy. 308 near Labadieville, Labadieville vicinity. Bouverans Plantation: in U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Privately owned home - Hwy 1, Lockport.

With more than 50 original structures remaining, Laurel Valley offers a unique glimpse into plantation along the bayou. Historic village tours are available for those interested. Please schedule tours at least 48 hours in advance to ensure a spot when booking through the website.

Boudreaux bought a Spanish land grant about two miles south of Thibodaux along Bayou Lafourche in 1785. Not much is known about the Boudreaux family, but the 1810 census lists 13 people living at the residence, nine males and four females.

Visit the largest surviving sugar plantation with miles of sugarcane fields and original slave quarters in Bayou Lafourche. Guided daily walking tours are available for purchase on the Laurel Valley website.

Tucker built the mill, introduced sugar and slave labor. After the Civil War, the plantation passed into the hands of Burch Wormald of New Orleans. Located Thibodaux, Louisiana. La Branche Plantation--Was built by the Zweig family, of Germany, built the plantation in 1792.

Apr 15, 2019 · In 1832 Tennessee native Joseph W. Tucker established Laurel Valley sugar plantation along Bayou Lafourche in Thibodaux on land he purchased from Etienne Boudreaux, an Acadian exile who had settled there in 1790. Tucker …

Laurel Valley Plantation Slave Village, located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, is one of the largest surviving sugar plantations in the South. Purchased in 1832 by Joseph W. Tucker, the Laurel Valley Plantation has been the site of Civil War action, the prosperity boom from 1890-1924, and now operates as a museum complex that emphasizes the ...

Jul 20, 2016 · Laurel Valley was one of many plantations established as the sugar cane culture expanded in Louisiana. Situated on the eastern bank of Bayou Lafourche, about two miles south of Thibodaux, in Lafourche Parish, the plantation came under the cultivation of …