Baton Rouge Plantation Country

Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a place where visitors can experience the state's deep and colorful history told through the area's historical architecture and rich countryside. This area known as Plantation Country is well-known for its elaborate and beautiful antebellum mansions. These homes were the domestic centers of massive cotton, sugar cane and rice plantations. Most of the larger plantations have been restored and currently now serve as tourist attractions throughout Baton Rouge and its surrounding communities.

Other than the mansions built in Federal or Greek revival styles in the early part of the 19th century, there is a tradition of cottage architecture that characterizes the slave quarters and rural settlements throughout Plantation Country. These types of simple one or two-room houses are generally characteristic of vernacular architecture styles found across southern Louisiana. They are generally built in the simple one or two-room houses in an Acadian cottage style.

Begin exploring Baton Rouge's area antebellum homes and plantations below.

• The Myrtles Plantation
• Nottoway Plantation
• Laura, a Creole Plantation
• Houmas House
• Oakley House @ Audubon Historic Site
• Magnolia Mound
• LSU Rural Life Museum