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The Magnolia Mound Plantation House is a French Creole house constructed in 1791 near the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Many period documents refer to the plantation as Mount Magnolia.
The plantation house was once the center of a 900-acre operation with frontage on the Mississippi River. The main house was built circa 1791 as a small settler's house and as prosperity came to the lower Mississippi Valley, the house was enlarged and renovated in 1802-1805, to become the elegant seat of a major landowner.
Learn about the origins and evolution of Magnolia Mound Plantation, one of the few surviving French plantation houses in Baton Rouge. See how the Duplantier family transformed the house into a fashionable Federal style mansion with imported furniture and decorations.
Magnolia Mound, a nationally accredited museum and historic site, sits on sixteen acres shaded with ancient live oaks and magnolias. Built circa 1790 by John Joyce, who purchased the property from James Hillin, it is the oldest documented structure in Baton Rouge.
Visit a 1792 French Creole plantation house with outbuildings and gardens in Baton Rouge, LA. Learn about the lifestyle of the French Creoles through educational programs, events, and collections.
Magnolia Mound Plantation. 165 reviews. #12 of 137 things to do in Baton Rouge. Historic Sites. Closed now. 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Write a review. About. Dating back to the late 18th century, this historic home is one of the oldest wooden buildings in Louisiana. It was spared from demolition in the 1960s and is now open for tours.
Open to the public in 1975, the Magnolia Mound Plantation complex has grown from the Historic House on five acres to nine buildings situated on 16 acres of the original plantation. Tours and educational activities highlight the Creole heritage of Louisiana's early Plantation Period.
