Chretien Point Plantation
148 Miles from the Hotel Monteleone 
665 Chretien Point Rd
Sunset, LA 70584
Phone: 337-662-7050; 800-880-7050
Hours of Operation:
Tours daily, 10 A.M. – 5 P.M. Last tour begins at 4 P.M. Admission
Directions:
Head southwest on Royal St toward Iberville St | Continue onto St Charles Ave | Turn right at Poydras St | Merge onto I-10 W via the ramp on the left to Baton Rouge | Take exit 97 for LA-93 toward Scott/Cankton | Turn right at LA-93 | Turn left at LA-356 | Take the 1st right onto Chretien Point Rd | Destination will be on the left
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Parking:
On site
Chretien Plantation is linked to Jean Lafitte, the Battle of New Orleans and the Civil War. There are also claims today that it is haunted by the legendary lady of the house Felicite and the Civil War battle of “Little Crow Bayou.”
Hippolyte Chretien purchased the property in about 1800 to raise cotton, the popular crop of the area. He was close friends with Jean Lafitte and his brother Pierre who would use the plantation to conceal and smuggle cargo and slaves. Hippolyte benefited from this relationship because he always had hundreds of slaves working his plantation.
During the Battle of New Orleans, Hippolyte joined with several planters in the area to meet with Jean Lafitte and General Andrew Jackson to defeat the British. Hippolyte married the daughter of one of the men that he fought with during the battle. Her name was Felicite and she became one of Louisiana’s first “liberated” women. She took control of the estate and ran it like a man. She would ride around the plantation on a horse controlling the workers, she would play cards and smoke cigeretts which made her very powerful in business. This behavior was very unconventional of women during this time. She even protected the house one night when it was being robbed by pirates. She shot and killed one of the pirates on the front door step to prevent the house from being robbed. It is said that this pirated that was murdered, haunts the plantation today.
The grandson Hippolyte Chretien III inherited the plantation and during the Civil War he protected it from being destroyed by a battle on the lands. He saved the home by giving a Masonic sign that was honored by the Yankee General who was a fellow Mason. They spared the home but destroyed everything else on the plantation lands. Hippolyte Chretein III may have been a brave man but he was not good at business. He eventually lost the Plantation to the mortgage holders.
The house was restored to its original self in the 1970′s. The Plantation is open to tours and it also functions as a bed and breakfast.
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June 24th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
[...] more information on tours visit the Hotel Monteleone’s attraction listing of the Chretien Point Plantation. [...]
April 27th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
My name is Troy Dawson and I am the grandson of Joseph Willis was born in Sunset, Louisiana on August 2,1904 at Chretien Point Plantation. I am doing a family geneology and need to know how I can research Chretien plantation records from the time he was born. His death certificate reads father unknown and mother unknown. The 1930 census record shows date of birth about 1907 and the 1910 census record shows date of birth about 1908. He died August 5, 1969. He is buried at Sacred Heart Cemetary in Louisiana. His body was viewed at Fondel Memorial Chapel and services held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Joseph and Albertine (Alberta) were married January 4, 1928 at Arcadia Parish, Clerk of the Court in Crowley, Louisiana. During the 1930′s through 1960′s Joseph often traveled to Crowley, Sunset, Bristol Church Point, Little Washington, Bienville, Oakdale and Opelousas to visit his family. Joe Willis was raised by his biologial mother up until the time she died when he was nine years old at Chretien Point Plantation. There was a caucasian man named Ernest Willis from Chretien Point Plantation who may have been a relative or son of the plantation owner. My grandfather supposedly carried a photograph of a caucasian man on a horse with a cowboy hat that he believed was his father. My grandfather could be a descendant of the Chretien family. Your help would be greatly appreciated and my email address is dawsontroy52@yahoo.com
May 12th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Dear Mr. Dawson,
Thank you for getting in touch. If you require more information relating to the History of Chretien Point Plantation, can I suggest you direct your enquiry to the Plantation. Their contact details are as follows:
665 Chretien Point Rd
Sunset, LA 70584
Phone: 337-662-7050; 800-880-7050
Best of luck with your investigation.