Seventy and One is an original 1960's two-story building and is located on a four-acre estate in Louisiana's sugar country. The bed and breakfast and steakhouse are both housed in the main building with swimming pool and fishing pond also on the grounds.
The 4-acre estate is on the original site of the Armelise Plantation (circa 1800s), which was owned by Seventy and One owner, Jimmie Dugas', family. The Armelise Plantation was famous for growing sugar cane. Sugar cane was a founding crop of the state of Louisiana and created the Sugar Baron's of the early 1800's.
Owner, Jimmie Dugas, has always been in the restaurant and guest service businesses. Notable ability in personal interaction, meeting and sharing stories with people and discussing her rich family history have always been passions of hers.

As with many things in Cajun Country Louisiana, there is a special history that adds to the flavor and experience of The Inn at Seventy and One.

The 4-acre estate is on the original site of the Augustin Plantation (circa 1800s), later renamed to Westfield Plantation, which was owned by Seventy and One owner, Jimmie Dugas’, family. The Westfield Plantation was famous for growing sugar cane. Sugar cane was a founding crop of the state of Louisiana and created the Sugar Baron’s of the early 1800’s.


Around the late 1800’s, Honore Dugas, an early relative of present owner Jimmie Dugas, and Joseph LeBlanc purchased the land that became the Westfield Plantation

This plantation resulted in the opening of the Dugas & LeBlanc sugar mill. This sugar mill created brown sugar from the sugar cane grown on the property. The Dugas & LeBlanc sugar mill is still in operation to this day and is one of the only 17 sugar mills still in existence in Louisiana.

OUR STORY GETS MORE INTERESTING As typical in the 1800’s, Eloi Francis Xavier Dugas, Jimmie Dugas’ great-great grandfather, ordered the building of a commissary and named the store after his beloved wife, Armelise. This store provided everything from clothing to food, hardware to livestock supplies. The location of Seventy and One sits on the location of the Armelise Store.



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