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ouisiana's most delightfully different Bed & Breakfast, Butler
Greenwood offers private cottages with plenty of historic charm on
a 1790's plantation still owned and occupied by the
original family. Extensive grounds are studded with moss-draped live oaks
and gardens, while the National Register-listed ante-bellum house is filled
with fine antiques, including the areas most notable original formal Victorian
parlor.
Overnight
cottages are fully equipped and self-sufficient, each with private bath,
full or partial kitchen, cable TV, heat/air. Some are original outbuildings;
several surround a picturesque pond; there are working fireplaces, jacuzzis,
king-sized beds or several different beds, porch swings or hammocks. The
Treehouse sits on the edge of a steep wooded ravine with a wonderful three-level
deck down into the shaded depths. The Gazebo has six sides and three nine-foot-tall
stained glass windows from an old church. The Dovecote is a shingled three
story windmill.
Overnight rates include a tour of the main plantation house, still a family
home, as well as an extended continental breakfast in cottages and use
of the swimming pool. Guided nature walks/bird watching available in this
Nature Lover's Paradise.
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
- Located in heart of Louisiana's English Plantation Country, within easy reach of many other plantation tours and nice restaurants or shops.
- Picturesque rural countryside, quiet and safe and historic; ante-bellum gardens abloom with hundreds of springtime azaleas and winter camellias.
- Tours conducted by extremely knowledgeable resident author/historian.
- Gift shop; meeting facilities suitable for small social occasions, weddings, seminars, exhibits, classes, workshops.
- Located between New Orleans and Natchez on U.S. Hwy. 61, the Great River Road.
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