Houmas House & Garden Tour in LA: Part 2 The House

Stroll previous Houmas Home and Gardens, one of many many sugar plantations that dot Louisiana’s Mississippi River. It is like stepping again in time to pre-war instances. Immediately we’ll go to the inside of the home, stuffed with interval antiques and memorabilia.

Nestled on a bend within the Mississippi River, Houmas Home and Gardens dates again 240 years. This iconic sugar plantation has seen lots of historical past over time, so be a part of me on this tour of this beautiful Classical Revival residence that also stands on the positioning. The plantation stands at 38 acres, down from the lots of of acres it began with. The 18th century sugar barons lived alongside the river and there have been lots of of plantations. Houmas Home is known as after the Houmas Indians who had been native to the world within the 1700’s when this land was first settled. You may learn all in regards to the historical past of Houmas House in your website’s Historical past web page.

When you missed Half 1 of Houmas Home & Gardens, make sure to click on by means of to take a backyard tour of this magnificent plantation residence.

About Houma Home

As I discussed final week, the well-known film Hush Hush Candy Charlotte had many scenes filmed in the home. I had by no means seen the film, so we watched it that evening once we acquired again to my sister’s home. It was scary and all of us loved seeing the surface of the plantation on movie. We additionally watched what occurred to Child Jane and Strait Jacket whereas we had been visiting and so they had been all good. I had by no means seen any of those. O knew to make use of a scare consider these outdated motion pictures! You may see all movies and TV shows filmed here which is absolutely attention-grabbing.

About the home, from the positioning, the unique French cottage was constructed within the 1700’s and later a brand new middle corridor home was constructed reverse the 1700’s home which was then the unique Donaldson Cottage was renovated and was the Traditional Revival Mansion because it stands at this time. There may be lots of historical past in these lands. I additionally shared the slavery story in Half 1 of the home and backyard tour, so make sure to learn and comply with the hyperlinks to the story on that matter.

From the web site: It was throughout the Nineties that the Miles household prolonged the mansion by connecting the 1829 mansion to the French Home on the rear. A carriageway was created between the 2 buildings and two extra rooms and a central corridor had been added to the 2nd flooring of the mansion.

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Houmas Home has an inn on website, in addition to 3 eating places to select from. I’ve learn that occasions and weddings are held right here and I can perceive why. The great thing about the gardens is outstanding.

Present view of Houmas Home

The house has gone by means of many renovations over its 250 yr historical past on this property and the inside has been meticulously upgraded with lovely antiques and interval artifacts. The home positively looks like a part of a southern plantation.

As I discussed in Half 1, the present proprietor is New Orleans businessman Kevin Kelly, who bought and extensively renovated the home and grounds in 2003, when it reopened to the general public for excursions. The proprietor of the home nonetheless lives right here, however permits excursions of the home.

Getting into the lobby, you get an excellent take a look at the spaciousness of this lovely farmhouse.

The partitions have a hand-painted mural depicting fields of sugar cane, applicable for this residence of a Sugar Baron.

Have a look at this beautiful ceiling mural.

This vintage map was present in the home and framed for show.

Our information was very informative, sharing life on the house plantation, sharing tales of lots of the issues seen across the residence. We actually loved this one hour tour of the home.

Watch the piano music sitting on the piano.

billiard room

I do not keep in mind all of the issues we heard on the tour in regards to the inside the home, however you may take pleasure in all the gorgeous images and browse extra on the web site I’ve listed above. The pictures are very good to take a look at.

upstairs hallway

A singular guide desk.

Bette Davis’ memorabilia is on this room, the place she is claimed to have stayed throughout the filming of Hush Hush Candy Charlotte.

Upstairs wrap round property residence porch. You may see the oak alley from right here.

The home homes many elderly and attention-grabbing items, like this outdated horse tricycle.

An vintage walker, so lovely.

And an vintage excessive chair.

Photograph of the unique oak alley at Houmas Home. At the moment it went virtually to the river and there was no clear dike.

Map of farmhouses alongside the river.

Stunning vintage shutters on the upstairs porch.

It was a stupendous day for a stroll.

What’s left of the oak alley continues to be lovely.

This a part of the tour was the unique French home from the 1700’s which was later related to the large home.

Eating places in Houmas Home

That is Latil’s Touchdown Restaurant (dinner solely, superb eating), which is likely one of the 3 restaurants On the bottom. It is a actually upscale eating expertise that may be lots of enjoyable. The opposite 2 eating places are Dixie Cafe (breakfast, lunch and dinner, buffet out there) and The Carriage Home restaurant, open for lunch and dinner.

You may see the carriageway right here added within the 1890’s to attach the unique French home to the principle home. It is so picturesque and exquisite. Simply take a look at these large arched inexperienced doorways. Horses and carriages had been introduced right here to ship company.

This a part of the unique residence from the 1700’s and near the freeway housed many historic kitchen memorabilia.

The grounds have been up to date and really kind a surprising backdrop for this magnificent residence.

All buildings have capabilities within the administration of this large property as venues for occasions and weddings, in addition to eating places.

We had lunch at Dixie Cafe and loved it. It’s positioned within the constructing the place the museum is positioned.

Turkey panini with french fries.

There’s a multi-level pedestrian bridge (which I did not take an image of) that takes you up and throughout the street so company can see the Mississippi River over the embankment. That is wanting again on the home by means of the timber.

And on high of the dyke looking over the large ol’ Mississippi River.

How a lot historical past is saved on this lovely and historic farmhouse. We certain loved our go to and I might positively suggest it to anybody who enjoys historic properties, structure and gardens. This was a stupendous piece of historical past to remove! Hope you loved taking the tour with us.

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