Oak Alley Plantation

SEE BACK; X-V-1; OAK ALLEY PLANTATION, 2.8 miles west of Vacherie on La. 18, is open to; the public from the River Road, the sight of this old home at the end of its 375-foot alley of massive oaks is believed by many to be the single most impressive spectacle in Louisiana. The trees, 14-on each side, are believed to have been planted around 1690 by a French Settler, undoubtedly leading to his cabin.; The home itself was constructed 1830-39 by Jacques Roman III, brother of two time Louisiana Governor Andre Roman. Double galleries, lines with 28 Doric columns, surround the Greek Revival home beneath its belvedere and dormered, hipped roof. First named Bon Sejour, its owners quickly adopted the name Oak Alley, which had been popularly applied by passengers on the steamboats which passed daily. The first successful grafting of pecans occured at Oak Alley in 1846.