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Oakland Plantation

4.3 (7 reviews)
Open • 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

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Katie S.

I visited Oakland Plantation on a weekday afternoon in March as part of a visit to Cane River Creole National Historic Park just outside of Natchitoches, LA. Like our visit to Magnolia Plantation, which is a few miles away (and is the other site that makes up this National Historic Park), we were underwhelmed, though there seemed to be a bit more to do and learn at this plantation than at Magnolia. Just in front of you after you park is the visitors' center, which has some picnic tables, information about the park (i.e. brochures and maps) and bathrooms, which were clean. We wandered around a little bit and visited the main house, which has an old general store as well as an NPS passport stamping station. We had missed the grounds' tour, which leaves from the main house at 1pm, so walked around the grounds a little bit to get a sense of the plantation. There weren't any other visitors, and the only person we saw on the property was from a distance (someone doing maintenance). I've visited a good number of National Parks Service sites, and I'd say this one is worth stopping by if you're in the area, but I wouldn't call it out as one to definitely visit. The plantation's history is interesting and I liked learning about Creole culture and how it developed in the area, but the grounds aren't must-see. One other note -- we had trouble finding the plantation using GPS on our phones, as it seems that Google and Apple Maps have different addresses. Follow the directions on the NPS site or on their brochures and you'll be good!

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Melrose Historic Home - Beautiful plantation home and grounds

Melrose Historic Home

5.0(2 reviews)
5.0 mi

Great history and presentation. Very interesting facts. Good tour. Cute gift shop. Very…read moreknowledgeable guide.

Melrose Plantation. Came to visit my wife's family in the rural parts of Louisiana and she…read morerecommended we visit this place because she had never been and always wanted to go. I'm a bit into history now so this would have been a great history lesson for my book I'm writing so great at idea all around. What I was expecting to hear and see was your usual plantation stories of slaves and Masters, but what I got was much more inspirational. A plantation, founded and owned by FREE people of color. Marie CoinCoin (pronounced "Quan-Quan" I believe) was an African slave who ended up having a 19 year relationship (and 10 kids) with Claude Thomas Pierre Métoyer. After being pressured by the local church to end the relationship, he eventually purchased her freedom and CoinCoin began building Melrose, selling tobacco to increase the family fortune. The Métoyer family ended up becoming one of the first families in a community of free people of color. There's a lot more to the history, especially learning about the internationally famed illiterate and self taught Memory artist, Miss Clementine Hunter. The last tour stops at 4:15 and it's $10 for a guided tour or you can roam the gardens and see the outside houses for $5 I believe. The wife ended up finding out she was actually related to the Métoyer family so that was an added bonus to her family tree. Overall, it was definitely worth the visit.

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Melrose Historic Home
Melrose Historic Home - The Yucca House

The Yucca House

Melrose Historic Home

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Cane River Creole National Historical Park - I thought it was real!

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

4.0(4 reviews)
8.6 mi

Cane River Creole National Historical Park made for an interesting COVID-19 quarantine virtual…read moretour. Thanks to OnCell for sponsoring it. The virtual tour currently comprises of a simple, obscure link embedded in the word "app" on the webpage titled "Oakland Cell Phone Tour." The National Park Service (NPS) webmaster or whatever they are called these days needs to make this link more relevant and easier to find as they have done for other parks' main pages: https://www.nps.gov/cari/planyourvisit/oakland-cell-phone-tour.htm So it's a very simplistic "virtual tour." In actuality, it's a cell phone tour with a few photos of the buildings and landmarks that narrators describe as you would if you visited Cane River Creole NHP in the flesh with a map to guide you. Guided tours with an NPS staff member are also available when a pandemic hasn't plagued our great country. Their schedule is a bit lengthy to repost, so I suggest you call or visit their website ahead of time. The park encompasses two former plantations, Oakland and Magnolia, that are spread out near the Cane River in Louisiana. What was left behind pales in comparison to what the plantations must have looked like so long. The Creole people were extraordinarily clever at using their natural habitat to survive. Overall, I enjoyed learning about the history of this beautiful, live oak-lined area... especially "bousillage" (a mix of mud, Spanish moss, and/or animal hair used in architecture), the Pigeonniers, the Bottle Gardens, the Punkah fan, and the Overseer's house. TIPS - the Magnolia main house is still owned by the 7th generation of the LeCompte family and is not part of the park, thus, is off-limits to the public + the Oakland main house is guided tours only

Great time with good people! We took a private trip, and it was absolutely fantastic. The owner was…read moreso friendly, and our guide was fabulous! If you are thinking about going, DO IT!

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Cane River Creole National Historical Park - One of the bedrooms in the main house

One of the bedrooms in the main house

Cane River Creole National Historical Park - The dining room and "shoo-fly" above the table

The dining room and "shoo-fly" above the table

Cane River Creole National Historical Park - A sign in the general store

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A sign in the general store

Oakland Plantation - landmarks - Updated May 2026

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