And what they have to say about Louisiana's past will ignite your imagination. Built in 1831 on the banks of the Bayou Bourbeaux by Hypolite Chretien and his enigmatic wife, Felicite, the 12-room brick mansion at Chretien Point was the centerpiece of a sprawling cotton plantation.
Elements of French Colonial, Early Classical and Adam architechture featuring upper and lower galleries, arched windows and Tuscan columns combine to make the Chretien Point mansion truly unique.
The interior staircase was copied for Scarlet O'Hara's beloved Tara in Hollywood's immortal Southern epic Gone With The Wind.
On October 15, 1863 an engagement between troops of America's fractured North and South was fought on the plantation's grounds. Union forces occupied the lower floor of the Chretien mansion and set up camp on the lawn. Still today, a bullet hole remains in one of the front doors.
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