Chretien Point Plantation, plantation and historic building in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA

Chretien Point Plantation is a twelve-room red brick mansion built between 1831 and 1835, standing on twenty acres beside Bayou Bourbeaux two miles southwest of Sunset. Its two storeys rise behind galleries, and the house was raised for Hypolite Chretien II and his wife Felicité, who moved in when it was finished.

The land was granted by Spain in 1776 and purchased by Joseph Chrétien in 1781, whose grandson Hypolite began construction in 1831 and moved in by 1835. During the Civil War, the Battle of Buzzard's Prairie took place on the grounds in 1863, but the house was spared when the owner displayed a Masonic sign revealing brotherhood with a Union commander.

The name comes from the Chrétien family, who held the land from Joseph Chrétien's purchase in 1781. Felicité Chrétien, widow of Hypolite II, ran the plantation after his death in 1839 and expanded it to a reported 10,000 acres. She hosted poker games with Jean Lafitte, who taught her to smoke cigars, and once shot an intruder on the stairway.

The mansion stands on twenty acres beside Bayou Bourbeaux, two miles southwest of Sunset in St. Landry Parish. It is incorporated as Chretien Point Plantation, LLC, and run as a bed and breakfast and wedding site, so visits are tied to stays or events rather than regular daily opening. The house has twelve rooms over two floors.

The famous pirate Jean Lafitte reportedly lived on the plantation for some time and taught the owner's wife how to smoke cigars. The house has changed little in over 180 years, and many speak of strange noises and lights that keep local folklore alive.