St. John Parish Attractions

San Francisco Plantation

2646 Hwy. 44 (River Road) Garyville LA 70051
Toll Free 1 (888) 509-1756

Open daily from 10 am - 4 pm.

San Francisco Plantation sits on the east bank of the Great Mississippi River less than 40 minutes from New Orleans or Baton Rouge, Louisiana near the small historic town of Garyville. It is a galleried house of the Creole open suite style and is nestled under centuries old Live Oaks and contains one of the finest antique collections in the country.

San Francisco Plantation was built in 1856 by Edmond Bozonier Marmillon. It is the most distinctive and only authentically restored plantation on the River Road. It features five artistically hand painted ceilings, faux marbling, and faux wood graining throughout and antique furniture by master craftsman John Henry Belter.

The house is so distinctive, in fact, that it inspired novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes to write "Steamboat Gothic", a story about a family she imagined lived there. Viewed from some angles, the house closely resembles the ornate and yet graceful superstructure of a Mississippi riverboat.

Evergreen Plantation

Evergeen Plantation Wallace, LA
(504) 201-3180
Website: www.evergreenswamptours.org

Tours are available daily by appointment.

Evergreen Plantation is located in Wallace on the West Bank of the Misssissippi River. It is a fully intact, privately owned, working sugar cane plantation and the house is of the Greek Revivalist style. Evergreen is significant not only because of the existence of its main building along River Road, but also because of the remains of the plantation complex. With two pigeonniers (structures used by upper-class French for housing pigeons), two garconieries (dwellings for a family's young boys), a privy, a kitchen, a guesthouse, an overseer's house, and a double row of 22 slave cabins, Evergreen is unique. It is one of only a handful of plantations that evoke what major plantations resembled in the antebellum period of America's history.

Cajun Pride

110 Frenier Road, LaPlace LA
1-800-467-0758

Website: www.cajunprideswamptours.com

This boat tour is a fun and informative way to see a scenic swamp and wildlife refuge. You may see many swamp creatures including alligators, bald eagles, waterfowl, owls, beavers, raccoons and even black bears. Tours generally last about two hours.

St. John Parish Andouille Festival

October 16, 17, 18, 2009
Hwy. 51 LaPlace, LA
(985) 652-9569

Website: www.sjbparish.com

Every year in October The St. John Parish Andouille Festival is held featuring music, good times and of course great food featuring Andouille, the delectable sausage for which the festival was named. It is now held at the Hwy. 51 Park next to the St. John Center.

St. John Theatre

115 West 4th Street, Reserve, LA
985-536-6630
Website: www.stjohntheatre.com

The St. John Theatre located in Reserve LA In 1980 Maurin's Theatre in Reserve underwent complete renovation to become The St. John Theatre. The theatre opened in July 1981 with the staging of the musical "South Pacific" and continues to this day to provide family entertainment and a place for local actors to display their talents.

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