Hahnville is the parish seat for St. Charles Parish
Destrehan is in St. Charles Parish
St. Charles Parish(19) ► ADJACENT TO ST. CHARLES PARISH Jefferson Parish(97) ► Lafourche Parish(71) ► St. John the Baptist Parish(17) ► Tangipahoa Parish(32) ►
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On River Road (State Highway 48) north of Avenue of the Oaks, on the right when traveling south.
The 48-foot Louisiana Lugger Style Wooden Tugboat is believed to be one of the last surviving of its kind. It was built in Bayou Gauche, Louisiana in 1953 by Joseph "Yep" Dufrene for Victor Matherne. In service: 1953-1980 Donated to St. Charles . . . — — Map (db m100387) HM
Constructed 1787-1790 for Robert de Logny, Inherited by Jean Noel d’Estrehan 1800. Bought from heirs of Pierre A. Rost in 1914 by Mexican Petroleum Co. Donated 1972 to River Road Historical Society by American Oil Co. — — Map (db m51607) HM
Destrehan Plantation is
located on the 1811 Slave
Revolt Trail approximately
midway between the start
at the 1811 Kid Ory Historic
House and the ending points
of the revolutionary march
near Kenner, Louisiana It
also served as the . . . — — Map (db m200721) HM
Near River Road (State Highway 48) north of West Campus Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Marker 1 On October 20, 1976, the worst ferry disaster in the history of the United States occurred on the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish. Seventy-seven lives were lost. The people of Louisiana will never forget you. . . . — — Map (db m109564) HM
On River Road (State Highway 48) south of South Destrehan Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement - 1984 Hale Boggs Bridge Awarded in a National Competition by the American Society of Civil Engineers. — — Map (db m109613) HM
Originally erected in 1830 at Glendale Plantation, Lucy, Louisiana. Donated by the Lanaux family, moved and reassembled at Destrehan Plantation in 1997.
Dedicated by the River Road Historical Society March 28, 1999. — — Map (db m51606) HM