Great River Road
Destrehan Plantation, LA

Destrehan Plantation dates back to the 1780s and is built in the Creole style. It served as a site for the summary court convened to try captives from the 1811 slave revolt, a number of whom were then executed.

The plantation today offers daily tours led by costumed interpreters. Periodic historic demonstrations showcase period crafts and trades like candle making, open hearth cooking, carpentry, indigo dyeing, and more.