1831 Acadiana Plantation, Now a Private Residence
665 Chretien Point Rd, Sunset, LA 70584
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
Free to view from public road. The property is currently a private residence and not open to the public.
Access
Limited Access
Rural road; private gate at property line
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1831 · National Register of Historic Places · Civil War Battle Site · Antebellum Louisiana Architecture · Jean Lafitte Connection
Chretien Point Plantation occupies twenty acres on the banks of Bayou Bourbeaux in St. Landry Parish, fourteen miles north of Lafayette. Hippolyte Chretien began construction of the home in 1831 and completed the two-story, twelve-room mansion in 1835. The brick exterior, double-gallery porch, and Federal-Greek Revival hybrid form mark it as a transitional Louisiana plantation house.
Notable accounts in the property's nineteenth-century history include the recorded presence of pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte, who is documented in regional histories as having stayed at the plantation. Hippolyte Chretien II, the original owner's son, died of yellow fever in 1839.
The Civil War brought combat to the property. The Battle of Buzzard's Prairie was fought in the cotton fields in front of the mansion on October 15, 1863. The Battle of Bayou Bourbeaux followed nearby on November 3 and 4, 1864.
The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. For decades during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Chretien Point operated as a bed-and-breakfast, wedding venue, and limited-tour property. Recent reviewers and Yelp listings as of 2025 confirm that Chretien Point is now a private residence and is no longer available for public tours, lodging, or weddings.
Sources
The plantation's central paranormal narrative features Felicite Chretien, widow of Hippolyte Chretien II. According to folklore repeated across regional sources, Felicite shot and killed an intruder on the main staircase in the early 1840s. Tour guides have long identified persistent dark stains in the wood at the staircase as the bloodstains from that night.
The Original Report describes a related but distinct version of the legend identifying the intruder as a pirate, with the body concealed beneath the staircase. The Felicite-Chretien-as-defender version is the one that appears in published regional history and prior tour guide narration.
Guests and former visitors have described cold sensations near the staircase, with multiple accounts of one side of the body feeling colder than the other. The Original Report describes precisely this sensation, attributed to the supposed location of the body.
Additional reported figures include Jean Lafitte, identified by tour guides for the bed-and-breakfast period; Hippolyte Chretien II, who died of yellow fever in 1839; and Confederate soldiers tied to the 1863 and 1864 engagements fought on the property. A woman holding a child wrapped in dark fabric has been reported at the fish pond at noon, and bugle calls and whispered conversation in upper rooms have been described by overnight guests during the property's operating years.
With the property now closed to the public, these accounts function as regional folklore. The plantation cannot currently be visited and reports cannot be replicated.
Notable Entities
View the 1831 red-brick mansion from Chretien Point Road. The plantation is currently a private residence and is not open for tours, B&B stays, or weddings as of 2025. Do not enter the property.
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