Skills & Duties

Oak Alley Foundation

Open Daily: 8:30 am-5:00 pm

Phone: (225) 265-2151 Or: (800) 44ALLEY

Email: contactus@oakalleyplantation.org

Address: 3645 Highway 18 (Great River Road), Vacherie, LA 70090, USA

The Plantation

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Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally. Oak Alley Foundation reserves the right to alter admission and tour policies as well as the appearance of the historic site and buildings at anytime.

Skills & Duties

Blacksmith

Bricklayer

Carpenter

Cart Driver / Ploughman

Cart Driver / Teamster

Cook

Cooper

Domestic

Driver / Commandeur

Field Hand / Laborer

Gardner

Hairdresser

Ostler

Scieur De Long

Seamstress

Shoemaker

Sick Nurse

Teamster / Laborer

Washerwoman / Laundress