Louisiana Through My Lens - Martin Homeplace Museum in Columbia


 Photos and Story by Ken Hulsey. 

I have to admit that the wife and I have passed by the Martin Homeplace Museum on our way to Monroe well over a dozen times over the past five years. Today I found myself on my way up Highway 165, and I decided to finally pull off and check it out. 


The moment that I stepped onto the property, I felt like I had been magically transported back in time to possibly the 1930s. Just about everything within my field of vision was perfectly period and almost perfectly preserved just as it was. It almost seemed like I had missed the family that lived there by mere minutes and not multiple decades. 

The Martin Homeplace Museum is an excellent place to take pictures, and I spent about an hour walking around taking pics of everything.

If you ever travel through Columbia, you really need to check out the Martin Homeplace Museum.

From News Star by Tanya M. Scholsman:

Who needs a time machine when you can visit the Martin Home Place? Transport yourself to 17th-century Louisiana and experience folklife customs and northern Louisiana lifestyles from the 1800s.

The Martin Home Place in Columbia is a nationally recognized showplace of southern hospitality. Enjoy demonstrations of quilting, tatting, pine basketry, and listen to stories about life 100 years ago on the farm. Kids can have fun gardening and participating in sing-alongs. Martin Home Place even boasts a resident ghost.

The Home Place was built by George and Ann Martin and served as home for their 12 children. The house was the center of a cotton plantation circa 1880 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Martin Home Place is open Tuesday and Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and is located at 203 Martin Place. Call 649-6722 for additional information or visit www.caldwellparishla.com. Admission is $5 per person.

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