re: Garyville's 160 yr old San Francisco Plantation to shut down & funding will cease

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love when people rattle off what's on top of their head as fact. There's land all around Marathon for expansion. That Plantation area is tiny in comparison.

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How much of that property is sitting on river access? If they aren't planning to use the land for something why are they closing it down?

You're responding to me and quoting someone else's post. All I'm saying is know one knows the reason for sure but it has nothing to do with plant access or area. There's already a parking lot and gate next to the plantation for access. And the size of the plantation grounds is laughably small compared to the open area around the plant.

It was easier than making a triple post and I’m not too worried about proper replies

It just seems to me that some grounds marathon owns, is surrounded by marathon, and marathon isn’t accepting offers for will have something do with the site. Whether it’s an admin building, more parking, another pipeline to the river, etc given there isn’t much else to do with the space. Seems like a more logical thought than yours of “I don’t know what it is but it has nothing to with the plant”

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And the size of the plantation grounds is laughably small compared to the open area around the plant.

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I’m not suggesting they are building a new unit or anything. You would be surprised with how little use of extra space can save a plant a shitload of money and headache.

Hey, agree to disagree

It’s also a slow day at work

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That's an ugly plantation. There are so many better looking plantations like Whitney and Oak Alley


It's unique, and that is what makes it special.

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I've always thought it was one of the most interesting looking structures in the state.

Imagine if the fate of every interesting piece of architecture in the world hinged on whether or not it had any tie to some unpleasant aspect of history.

You just knew 'wokeness' had something to due with all this...

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It's on the National Register of Historic Places. Owners have a maintenance obligation by law and can only avoid it by getting it delisted, or showing they cannot afford the upkeep.

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As the statues in New Orleans proved, being nationally registered means absolutely nothing if the structure in question doesnt fit the proper political narrative. They won't bother delisting. It will rot and no one will do anything about it.

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The house was visited by about 100,000 people annually, according to the website,

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This number just doesn't seem right to me. I've been by this place countless times and never see a soul at it. Hell, I drove by it today.

300 people a day, every day seems a little much

They have a few places along the river like this that might meet their demise because of location

That is sad. I can understand not holding weddings there anymore but it could still remain as a museum or a bed and breakfast with tours.

I mean it’s in black and white and the plant is clearly much smaller, I took it from the OP but didn’t think I needed to put a footnote saying it was old

When I said “I thought the same thing” I was referring to the size and location of the lot.. not the age of the picture. It’s obviously from the 70’s.