Magnolia Plantation Complex
Magnolia Plantation Complex
Open Daily 8AM-4PM Self-Guided Tours5549 Hwy 119, Derry, LA 71416
Tel: (318) 356-8441
Plantation Complex
The Magnolia Plantation Complex, 18 acres of outbuildings, is open to the public and free to tour as a unit of Cane River Creole National Historical Park. The Park includes a blacksmith shop, plantation store, gin barn, eight cabins, and former slave hospital that at various times housed the owners and overseer. The gin barn houses a wooden screw-type cotton press, the last such press remaining in its original site in the United States.
Main House
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. Betty Hertzog, a descendant of the LeComtes, still lives in the main house and offers guided tours. Private home.
Editors Note: In 2009, The Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures crew investigated Magnolia Plantation.
Read the story at HauntedNatchitoches.com
