NewOrleans.Com - Your Guide for New Orleans hotels, New Orleans Travel,New Orleans restaurants, New Orleans Attractions, A Great Source For New Orleans Locals. In-depth guide to whats going on in New Orleans. http://www.neworleans.com/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:22:08 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.neworleans.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.neworleans.com/ NewOrleans.Com - Your Guide for New Orleans hotels, New Orleans Travel,New Orleans restaurants, New Orleans Attractions, A Great Source For New Orleans Locals. In-depth guide to whats going on in New Orleans. http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2188-butler-greenwood-plantation-.html 8345 US Highway 61St. Francisville, LA(225) 635-6312website *114 Miles from Downtown New Orleans HistoryA veritable treasure-trove of family heirlooms and historic artifacts, Butler Greenwood has never been sold out of the original family and probably contains more original furnishings, clothing,... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 18:52:43 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2183-mount-hope-plantation-.html 8151 Highland RoadBaton Rouge, LA(225) 761-7000website *77 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory Mount Hope Plantation House stands as an example of the architecture typical of Southeastern Louisiana farmhouses constructed during the 19th century. Built in 1817, it is the only farmhouse of its... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 03:33:52 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2182-rosedown-plantation-.html 12501 Highway 10St. Francisville, LA(225) 635-3332website *112 Miles from Downtown New Orleans History Rosedown Plantation, encompassing 374 acres in St. Francisville, is one of the most intact, documented examples of a domestic plantation complex in the South. It embodies the lifestyle of the... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 03:27:21 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2180-southdown-plantation-.html 1208 Museum DriveHouma, LA(985) 851-0154website *60 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory For more than nearly a century and a half, sugar was king in South Louisiana, enticing pioneers to the region and rewarding them with prosperity and progress. Southdown is located in the city of Houma in... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:35:27 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2179-st-joseph-plantation-.html 3535 Highway 18Vacherie, LA(225) 265-4078website*56 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory This 1000 acre plantation is the birthplace of H. H. Richardson, one of America's most important architects of the 19th century. The maison principale was acquired by a French doctor, who was hired to care for... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:34:12 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2178-houmas-house-plantation-.html 40136 Highway 942Darrow (Burnside), LA (225) 473-9380website *58 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHauntingsHoumas House Plantation and Gardens is the site of two very serious, inexplicable events; one precipitated by nature, the other by the very unnatural; The Legend of the "Gentlemen" and La... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:28:15 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2177-magnolia-mound-plantation-.html 2161 Nicholson DrBaton Rouge, LA (225) 343-4955website*82 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistoryThe plantation house, now surrounded by an urban setting, was once the center of a 900-acre operation with frontage on the Mississippi River. The main house was built in 1791 as a small settler's house... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:23:58 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2176-poche-plantation-.html 6554 State Highway 44 Convent, LA (225) 562-7728 website *58 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory Poche Plantation Historic Bed and Breakfast and RV Park and Resort is exceptional for both its architecture and the families who have resided here. Architecturally, it is unusual. Although it is a... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:22:45 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2175-ormond-plantation-.html 13786 River RoadDestrehan, LA (985) 764-8544website *23 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHauntings In old times, runs the legend, when the splendor and glory of the plantation were in bloom, some ghostly being came gliding into the house. Night had fallen, and the bats were coursing erratically in... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:17:59 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2174-nottoway-plantation-.html 30970 Highway 405White Castle, LA(225) 545-2730website *77 Miles from Downtown New Orleans History Majestic Nottoway Plantation, with its towering size, hand-carved marble mantles and intricate plaster friezework, awes visitors with its grandeur and innovative features. The 64-room, three-story... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:06:02 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2173-the-myrtles-plantation-.html 7747 U.S. Highway 61St. Francisville, LA(225) 635-6277website *113 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHauntingsYes, this house has been named one of "America's Most Haunted Homes". History The Myrtles Plantation, circa 1796, invites you to step into the past to experience antebellum spendor. You... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 02:01:41 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2172-evergreen-plantation-.html 4649 Highway 18Edgard, LA (985) 497-3837website *45 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory Soon after the city of New Orleans was founded in 1718, groups of German settlers began arriving on the west bank of the Mississippi River near the present-day St. Charles, St. John the Baptist Parish... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 01:57:17 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2171-san-francisco-plantation-.html 2646 Hwy. 44Garyville, LA(985) 535-2341website *38 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory San Francisco Plantation was built in 1856 by Edmond Bozonier Marmillon. It is the most distinctive and only authentically restored plantation on the River Road. It features five artistically hand painted... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 01:53:08 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2170-madewood-plantation-.html 4250 Highway 308Napoleonville, LA(985) 369-7151website *77 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory Louisiana was a promised land at the end of the 18th century. Profitable river trade along the Mississippi, the promise of foreign markets through the bustling Port of New Orleans, and fertile... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 01:47:16 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2169-destrehan-plantation-.html 13034 River RoadDestrehan, LA(985) 764-9315 website *30 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory Jean Noel Destrehan descended from a long line of noble French families and purchased the property that became Destrehan Plantation from his father-in-law’s estate. During Jean Noel’s lifetime,... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 01:42:14 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2168-laura-plantation-.html 2247 Highway 18Vacherie, LA (225) 265-7690 website *52 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHistory The first human cargo pushed off the docks in New Orleans arrived in the 1720s: slaves from French Senegal. For the next 60 years, these Muslim slaves were joined mostly by their fellow tribesmen from the... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 01:36:52 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/plantation-tours/2167-oak-alley-plantation-.html 3645 Highway 18 Vacherie, LA(225) 265-2151 website *56 Miles from Downtown New OrleansHaunting Generally speaking, Oak Alley is recognized more for the beauty of her setting than for mysterious disturbances, but tour guides, visitors and staff members alike have shared interesting experiences... Administrator Tue, 20 May 2008 01:26:55 +0000