Fort St. Jean Baptise State Historic Site
Project Planning
OVERVIEW:
Parish: Natchitoches
Acreage: 7
Established: 1971
AMENITIES:
Features: Daily tours, picnic areas, museum/historic buildings, historic and/or nature programs
Tourism Region (Marketing): Crossroads
Hours of Operation: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily
VISITATION:
FY 2019: 10,830
FY 2018: 12,143
FY 2017: 14,032
OTHER:
The site is a replica of an early French fort based upon the original blueprints of 1716 by Sieur Charles Claude Dutisné and company. The fort served as a trading and military post. The site is also host to living history reenactments of what life in the fort was like in the 1750s.