Shadows on the Teche is a historic house and garden in New Iberia’s Main Street District, on the banks of Bayou Teche, among magnificent live oaks covered with Spanish moss. Spread over 3,750 square feet, the Shadows was built in 1834 for sugar planter David Weeks and his wife.

The two-and-a-half-story, sixteen room house tells the story of life of the four generations that lived in it. The Shadows was built in a Classic Revival-style with a Louisiana Colonial floor plan. It was furnished with Federal-style and Empire-style furniture the owners brought from the East Coast. Shadows on the Teche is owned and managed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The house is the National Historic Landmark.

317 E Main St, New Iberia, LA 70560, Phone: 337-369-6446

Take a tour of Shadows on the Teche Learn about local history at the Bayou Teche Museum Have dinner at Jane's Seafood Enjoy the gazebo overlooking the pond at Landry's Take the kids to Caribbean Ice Co See The Bunk Johnson Collection Go bird watching at the Jungle Gardens Book a cottage at Rip Van Winkle Gardens and spend a night

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