Haunted Destrehan Plantation: Our Paranormal Investigation Reveals What Lurks After Dark. Destrehan Plantation stands as one of Louisiana’s oldest and most historically significant homes—yet it’s also one of its most haunted. Built between 1787 and 1790 by Charles Paquet, a free man of color, for Jean Noël Destrehan, this grand estate sits along the Mississippi River just outside of New Orleans. Once a thriving sugar plantation, Destrehan became a symbol of the wealth and power of Creole familie