Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This operational
plantation features a circa 1790 Creole Style home with 84 foot gallery at the
end of a live oak alley. 4078 Louisiana Hwy. 119, Bermuda, La
71457.
The two and one-half story plantation house is one of the largest in the area,
with twenty seven rooms, including a Catholic Chapel in which mass is still
celebrated. The original house was constructed in the 1830's, burned by
the Union Army in 1864 and rebuilt in 1899. It is privately owned and open
daily. The adjacent Magnolia complex, 18 acres of numerous historically
significant outbuildings, is publicly owned. One of two Bicentennial
Farms west of the Mississippi. A Cane River Creole National Historic
site. 5487 Hwy. 119, Derry, La. 71421. 318-379-2221.
Hours: Open Daily 1-4 or by appointment. Admission $5.00 per person.
A National Historic Landmark, home of former slave Marie Terese Coincoin and
"Miss Cammie" Garrett Henry , whose patronage of the arts and local
history preserve this unique areas culture for future
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A Bicentennial Farm and Cane Rive Creole National Historic Site. This is
the most complete Creole plantation in the South, with 17 of its original
outbuildings still remaining. The plantation house was probably
constructed by slaves in 1818 and exemplifies early construction methods and the
use of such materials as hand-hewn timbers and bousillage fill. Also
significant to the site is an 1835 bottle garden and intact agricultural
fields. Oakland remains in the original family through seven
generations. Open daily for tours at 9:00 am, 11:00 am,
1:00 pm, 3:00 pm. seven days a week.
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