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Southdown Plantation/ Terrebonne Museum Description

The Southdown Plantation House in Houma was built in 1859. It is a sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum of history and culture. The home was built 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.

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; works by local artists; a sugar industry room; Boehm and Doughty porcelain birds; Charles Gilbert art collection; Thad St. Martin literature collection; and a restored 1880's plantation worker's cabin.

Hobbies & Activities category: Furniture display; Glass, porcelain, pottery exhibit; Historical museum; Manor or country house; Architecture - Neo-Classical; Architecture - Victorian

Address

Southdown Plantation House/ Terrebonne Museum
Box 2095
Houma, LA 70360-2095
United States

Map Southdown Plantation/ Terrebonne Museum

Phone 1 (985) 851-0154
Fax 1 (985) 868-1476

http://www.southdownmuseum.org

Hours



Open	Closed	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	Closed
Closed		16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Mardi Gras - Shrove Tuesday - Christian Good Friday - Christian American Independance Day (July 4) Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November) Christmas - Christian (December 25) Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24) New Year's Eve (December 31)