Magnolia Mound is a late 18th-century Creole plantation house in a residential neighbourhood near the LSU campus, preserved and operated as a museum by the city of Baton Rouge. The main house dates from around 1791 and is one of the oldest surviving examples of Creole plantation architecture in the state — raised on brick piers, with wide overhanging galleries and the characteristic bousillage construction of the period.
Guided tours of the house explain the Creole architectural tradition and the daily lives of both the free white family and the enslaved Africans who worked the property. The kitchen dependency building, the overseer's house, and the grounds have been restored to their period appearance. The museum runs a series of living-history demonstrations throughout the year, focusing on 18th-century crafts including indigo dyeing, open-hearth cooking, and blacksmithing.