We left the FamCamp at about 9:30 this morning to go visit a couple of the area plantations. Today is another beautiful, sunny and cool day.
Our first stop was at the San Francisco Plantation in Garyville, Louisiana. Hope you enjoy these beautiful homes as much as we did. These pictures are all of the outside of the home as I was not allowed to take pictures inside the home….
This was a sugarcane plantation built established in 1856. It is an old Creole style. The cisterns or rain water holding tanks on each side of the home hold the water supply which was then routed into the house.
Manuel chose not to tour the house but went across the street and took these awesome pictures from the levy on the Mississippi River.
In the 1970s this home underwent restoration costing several million dollars.
The grounds are also very beautiful and you can only imagine the old days and what went on here during the olden times.
The tour guides are all dressed in the 1800s attire.
Our guide today was Elizabeth, on the left, and she was great.
This bell was used to call attention to all at the plantation when there were gatherings.
The cisterns…
The second story balcony…
The house on the right was where the slaves lived on the plantation.
The building on the left was the first public school in the St. John The Baptist Parish.
This is a beautiful plantation and we enjoyed the tour very much.
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