St. Joseph Plantation is a historic
plantation
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located on the west bank of the
Mississippi River
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in the town of
Vacherie,
St. James Parish,
Louisiana
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,
United States of America
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. It is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
St. Joseph Plantation is located at 3535 Hwy 18 Vacherie, LA 70090, adjacent to
Oak Alley Plantation and up-river from
Laura Plantation
Laura Plantation is a restored historic Louisiana Creole plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River near Vacherie, Louisiana, (U.S.), open for guided tours. Formerly known as Duparc Plantation, it is significant for its early 19th-cen ...
. The plantation was first owned by Josephine Aime Ferry in 1830, but the Ferry family sold it to Joseph Waguespack (1802-1892) in 1877 (Waguespack's son, Aubert Florian, owned Laura Plantation). In 1890 Saturnine Waguespack merged St. Joseph Plantation with
Felicity Plantation
Felicity Plantation is a historic sugarcane plantation on the banks of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along Louisiana Highway 18 in Vacherie, St. James Parish. Felicity is a sister plantation to St. Joseph P ...
to form the St. Joseph Plantation and Manufacturing Company.
It is today maintained by descendants of the Waguespack and Simon families.
See also
*
List of plantations in Louisiana
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National Register of Historic Places listings in St. James Parish, Louisiana
References
External links
St. Joseph Plantation- official site
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Houses completed in 1840
Creole architecture in Louisiana
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Plantations in Louisiana
Historic house museums in Louisiana
Museums in St. James Parish, Louisiana
Houses in St. James Parish, Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in St. James Parish, Louisiana
1840 establishments in Louisiana