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Oakland Store
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Since 1867 the Prud'homme Store has been a place where members of the Bermuda community gathered and exchanged information. The store also served as a post office into the 1980s.

Currently, the Prud'homme Store serves as the visitor center for Oakland Plantation. Oakland Plantation has an entrance pavilion with picnic tables and accessible restrooms. Self-guiding maps of the plantation are available in the pavilion.
 
Magnolia Store
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The historic Magnolia Store serves as the visitor center for Magnolia Plantation. The site is equipped with self-guiding site maps, picnic tables, and accessible restrooms.
 
Tour
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Ranger-led tours of Oakland Plantation are offered every day at 1:00 p.m.

Ranger-led tours of Magnolia Plantation are offered on weekend days at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
 
Max and Marcy whitewashing Oakland's Store
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While touring the grounds, visitors may see archeologists, masons, limewashers, and other preservationists at work. Due to the preservation and restoration work in progress on these buildings and the grounds, access to building interiors may be limited.
Prud'hommes  

Did You Know?
The French founder of Oakland was Jean Pierre Emanuel Prud’homme, who began farming the area in 1785 and received a Spanish land grant in 1789. Eight generations of his French Creole family lived and worked on this land, managing to keep the physical complex intact for two centuries.

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Last Updated: May 16, 2007 at 14:00 EST