Audubon Pilgrimage
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St. Francisville, La. Saint Francisville, Louisiana 70775
Since 1972 the West Feliciana Historical Society’s annual pilgrimage has been permitting privileged visitors an intimate glimpse into the houses and gracious lifestyles of historic St. Francisville, Louisiana—Audubon’s scenic, unspoiled Happyland.
Venerable in its own right, the annual Audubon Pilgrimage has been celebrating spring in Louisiana’s English Plantation Country for forty-nine years. Each year the sponsoring West Feliciana Historical Society has opened the doors of significant historic structures to commemorate the tenure there of artist-naturalist John James Audubon as he painted a number of his famous bird folios and tutored the daughter of Oakley Plantation's Pirrie family—Eliza. Highlights of the 2020 Audubon Pilgrimage include opportunities to visit Spring Grove (1895), the Lemon-Argue House (1801), Prospect (1809), and the Baier House.
Other tour-worthy sites include Rosedown and Audubon State Historic Sites, both of which host special interpretive activities all weekend; Afton Villa Gardens; five nineteenth-century churches; and the Rural Homestead, which hosts lively demonstrations of the rustic skills of daily pioneer life. Tour houses and daytime activities are open daily from 9:30 am to 5 pm, excepting the four private homes, which won't be open on Sunday. Plus old-time hymn singing, graveyard tours, a wine & cheese reception, and Light Up The Night, the popular Saturday evening soirée that features live music and dancing, dinner, and drinks.
Daytime tours are $40. Cemetery tours with wine and cheese receptions are $25 for adults, $10 for children 7-12. Tickets to the Saturday Soiree are $60 for adults. Tickets to the Sunday Gospel brunch are $50. Call for group rates. (225) 635-6330. westfelicianahistory.org.
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