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Butler Greenwood Plantation

•	Holds 44 acres, and a plantation house, a gazebo, and a rear brick kitchen.

•	Samuel Flower came to Baton Rouge from Reading, Pennsylvania and purchased the land that he would build green wood plantation.

•	In 1810, a fire destroyed the original plantation that Flower built, but he replaced the plantation with an even bigger one.

•	Samuel Flower died in 1813 and the title of the plantation went to his daughter Harriet.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/louisiana/but.htm

•	Established in the 1790’s, and members of the original family continue to live in the plantation home.

•	The antebellum home is mainly filled with priceless antiques.

•	The Old Kitchen was built in 1796 as the plantation kitchen.

•	The Gazebo is six sided, with three of the sides filled with 9 foot tall antique stained glass windows and has a deck overlooking the pond.

http://www.where2guide.com/TouristTrail/overnight/roombutler.html

JW

The plantation Catalpa is in a grove of oaks, despite this it was a cotton and sugar plantation. Its grounds were devastated in the Civil War and the plantation was burned to the ground. In 1885 it was rebuilt by William J. Fort and still stands tall today. Northeast of this beautiful house is a pond. Oak Ally, as it is called, has stood for 150 years, offering lots of shade around Catalpa. Catalpa is a Victorian cottage and is still owned by the family that built it. Before the Civil War Catalpa had a garden unlike any other but it was burned and the owner never could restore it again. It has a 30 acre garden with many native plants. During the Civil War all the pots and pans were buried in the pond so they would not be looted or burned. They were dug up and are still on display to this day.

RH

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/louisiana/cat.htm

http://www.catalpaplantation.com/