Plantation joseph plantation: a concise orientation before we get practical.
Plantation joseph plantation: Quick notes
I have one last stop in Louisiana’s River parish tours to share with you. One of my other excursions I went on during the 3 day conference back in February was a dual plantation tour featuring plantations that have been in many films: Felicity Plantation and Joseph Plantation, next door to each other. They were both interesting to see in person and to hear the storied history that goes along with houses of this era. Plantation homes are always beautiful and fascinating to me. They carry a lot of weight in our history and it’s important to preserve the homes and buildings on the property, even though they represent good and bad in our nation’s history lessons. The houses are both open for tours to the public, so if you’re down that way, I’d highly recommend. I’ve managed to tour several of them so far and enjoyed each and every one of them. They all have unique stories to tell.
Located in Vacherie, LA, these dual plantations are owned by one family and they are still working sugar cane farms to this day. Some of the films shot at these plantations are as follows: Mudbound (2017), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Beloved (1998), All the King’s Men (2006).
You can go through St. Joseph plantation and see the history of the sugar cane industry on this farm.
Outbuilding still on the property.
I love that this is still a working sugarcane farm with all the history behind it.
The house is filled with some period antiques of the era.
St. Joseph Plantation is one of the few fully intact sugar plantations in the River Parishes. In addition to the Manor Home, this historic site features many outbuildings for guests to explore. These include original slave cabins, a detached kitchen, blacksmith’s shop, school house, and chicken coop. Several buildings have been moved to their present day location from other parts of the property, but most remain where they were built. That’s the Sugar Queen house out back that I mention below.
This is the back of the house, which was built in the 1830’s and expanded in the 1850’s.
Out behind the main house is the Queen Sugar house. I had not heard of this show, but it ran for 7 seasons on the OWN network and is a fictionalized story of a family who runs a sugar cane farm.
The house was left as is after filming was halted and is open as part of the tour.
It might be interesting to check out this series, I heard it was good.
Back of the St. Joseph house. You can see the sprawling oak trees all around.
The enslaved cabins are still on the property.
Next door is Felicity Plantation. Construction took place from 1845 to 1847. The house was a dowry gift from father,Francois Gabriel “Valcour” Aime to one of his daughters, Félicité Emma, along with 1000 acres of farmland. Can you imagine that kind of dowry? Felicity married Alexandre Septime Fortier and together had fourteen children.
In 1899, Felicity Plantation was purchased by Jean Saturnine Waguespack. In 1901 Saturnine and his cousins formed the St. Joseph Planting and Manufacturing Co., LTD. and merged the St. Joseph and Felicity Plantations. Today, the same family corporation still owns and operates these historic sites.
I love this map of the Mississippi and all the plantations dotting the river.
This house was stately and beautiful.
A peek at how the house was constructed.
We had the cutest tour guide, Sylvia, and she was a wealth of knowledge.
Enslaved cabins still standing behind the house. If I remember right, she said that families of slave descendants were still living in these cabins up until the 1970’s.
Taking a tour like this is so eye opening and we learn a lot along the way. I’m so grateful these plantations are still open so that we all can visit and get a glimpse into the old south as it was then and to be grateful for where the south has evolved to current day.
We had such delicious food on our Southern Traveler’s Explore conference and this last stop was amazing.
The spread was so appetizing and delicious.
Thank you to all the sponsors of the Southern Travelers Explore conference. I really enjoyed my time there and I hope you enjoyed seeing what all happens at a conference like this. We really get immersed into the local culture and activities that the region is known for and visiting these historic plantations along the Mississippi River are a favorite of mine.
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