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Hear the compelling history of the Duparc Sugar Plantation & how it was renamed to Laura Plantation. Learn about the construction of Manor House plus the details of this superstructure.
Explore Laura Plantation's Creole History At Laura: A Creole Plantation (1805), step beyond the myths of the American South and walk in the footsteps of 4 generations of one Louisiana Creole family, both free and enslaved.
Laura Plantation is a restored historic Louisiana Creole plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana. Formerly known as Duparc Plantation, it is significant for its early 19th-century Créole-style raised big house and several surviving outbuildings, including two slave cabins.
A visit inside the Big House, its raised basement and galleries, men's and women's parlors, service rooms and common rooms. A walk through the 200-year-old sugar plantation homestead, including 3 gardens: Jardin Français, the kitchen potager & BananaLand grove.
Laura’s new, permanent exhibit examines in biographical detail the lives of Africans on the plantation, from enslavement into the 20th century. Along the Great River Road only 50 minutes from New Orleans, the fully guided experience includes the Big House, gardens & original 1840s slave cabins.
Go beyond the myths of the American South and walk in the footsteps of four generations of one Lousiana Creole family, both free and enslaved. Hear intimate, first-hand accounts from women, children, and slaves. Explore the new permanent museum exhibit, “From the Big House to the Quarters.”.
Situated along Louisiana's historic Great River Road and about 50 minutes from New Orleans, the 14-acre Laura Plantation complex is comprised of 12 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
Laura's permanent exhibit examines in biographical detail the lives of Africans on the plantation, from enslavement into the 20th century. In the heart of Plantation Country on the Mississippi River, the fully guided tour includes the Big House, gardens & original 1840s slave cabins.
Apr 28, 2024 · The guided walking tour at Laura Plantation in Vacherie includes the main house, gardens and slave quarters, and lasts about one hour and fifteen minutes. Leave time to spend in their large and well-stocked gift shop!
Built in 1805, this French-Creole style plantation displays some of the exceptional work of the West African slaves that once lived there. In addition to the “big house,” Laura has preserved several of the original slave cabins, once so common, but now incredibly rare.
