Plantation Homes

In all of Louisiana, no other place as unique as the Cane River Country exists! Natchitoches offers many historic sites around the parish. You will find the most sites on the National Register of Places west of the Mississippi River and the only two bi-centennial farms west of the Mississippi are located in Natchitoches Parish. Sites include the area in and around the Cane River National Heritage Area. This heritage area, established by Congress in 1994, is a largely rural, agricultural landscape known for both its historic Creole-style plantations and structures and its unique people and culture.

There are four plantations open for tours including Magnolia Plantation, Oakland Plantation, Melrose Plantation and the Kate Chopin Home in Cloutierville.