Southdown Plantation - Houma, LA
N 29° 35.328 W 090° 44.412
15R E 718874 N 3275354
Located at 1208 Museum Dr Houma, LA. Now houses the Terrebonne Museum. Easy to find and walk to.
Waymark Code: WM4WF6
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/06/2008
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Home was closed on my visit, they were having a private exhibit of B&W photography. Usually opened Tuesday-Saturday 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Tours begin every hour; last tour begins at 3 P.M. Closed Sunday, Monday, December 31 & January 1, Mardi Gras Day, Good Friday, July 4, Thanksgiving, December 24 & 25. Other holiday hours may vary.
Photos are not allowed inside museum. Stunning home. The pink color is different, but really looks good. Home was well maintained, and the grounds were clean.
Here is a breif history taken from the official website
SouthdownSouthdown Plantation House is a 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history and culture. It was built in 1859 as a one-story Greek Revival house by sugar planter William J. Minor. His son, Henry C. Minor, added the second floor and Victorian-style architectural features in 1893. The Southdown sugar plantation remained in the Minor family until 1932, and during the 1920's the owners helped to save the sugar industry in Louisiana by propagating a sugarcane variety resistant to mosaic disease.
In 1975, Valhi, Inc., a subsidiary of Southdown Sugar, Inc., donated the Southdown Plantation House and Servant's Quarters to the non-profit Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society, who turned the property into a museum. Exhibits include original bedroom furniture of the Minor family and other antique furnishings; a history and culture room; a Mardi Gras room; a Native Peoples room; changing works by local artists; a sugar industry room; Boehm and Doughty porcelain birds; Charles Gilbert art collection; Thad St. Martin literature collection; a re-creation of the Washington, D.C office of U.S. Senator Allen J. Ellender; and a restored 1880's plantation worker's cabin.