Museum
Shadows-on-the-Teche
26 locals recommend
Tips from locals
Ray
September 23, 2016
Located in New Iberia’s Main Street District, set among towering live oak trees draped with Spanish moss on the banks of Bayou Teche, The Shadows, built in 1834 for sugar planter David Weeks, paints a vivid picture of life for the four generations that made this property their home. The first National Trust for Historic Preservation site in the Gulf South, The Shadows is a Classic Revival-style home with a Louisiana Colonial floor plan and a garden that is as breathtaking as the history preserved here.
Located in New Iberia’s Main Street District, set among towering live oak trees draped with Spanish moss on the banks of Bayou Teche, The Shadows, built in 1834 for sugar planter David Weeks, paints a vivid picture of life for the four generations that made this property their home. The first Nation…
Paz
August 7, 2016
Historic home with interpretive guides to architecture and lifestyle of the Louisiana Plantation period.
Erin
October 7, 2022
Walking tour of this beautiful, historic home, grounds, and history.
Corrine
December 22, 2021
On the bank of the Bayou Teche and owned by the National Register of Historic Places, the interpretive tour was updated in 2023 to include research into the lives of the slaves who built, managed, and maintained the Shadows.
Belinda
October 25, 2014
This is a fully restored antebellum home, built between 1831 and 1834. It was built at the request of the Weeks family and has much of the original furniture and family portraits throughout
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Location
320 E Main St
New Iberia, LA