Where is the house from The Lucky One?

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The Lucky One Filming Locations

US Marine Logan Thibault (Zac Efron) returns from a tour of Iraq carrying a photo of a woman he doesn't know but believes is responsible for keeping him alive.

Based on the works of Nicholas Sparks
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The Lucky One was filmed in the United States of America

Creedmoor Plantation as Green Home and Kennels

Camp Salmen Nature Park Lodge as Logan's Home

Logan's fixer-upper. Filmed at an old French-Creole trading post located at Camp Salmen Nature Park.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church as Church

Houmas House Plantation as Clayton Estate

Site of the garden party.

St Joseph Abbey & Seminary as Lake

Little Ben's tree house was built around the lake at surrounding St Joseph Abbey.

Port Eads Lighthouse as Lighthouse

The lighthouse in the background of Beth's photo.

Directed by Scott Hicks, ‘The Lucky One’ is a romantic drama movie that tells the story of two lovers who meet under unusual circumstances. It starts with U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returning home holding a photograph of a woman he doesn’t know. However, he finds her, and in a few days, a romance blossoms between them. It is based on Nicholas Sparks’ 2008 novel of the same name, and like most of the author’s stories, ‘The Lucky One’ is set against a small town with modest but scenic visuals that characterize the movie as well. If you want to know where this movie was filmed, we have your back!

The Lucky One Filming Locations

‘The Lucky One’ was primarily filmed in Louisiana, while the rest of the shooting took place in Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, and Nevada. The principal photography began on October 13, 2010, and continued till December 21, 2010. Although the book is based in North Carolina, the movie shifts its setting to Louisiana. If you want to know more about the filming locations, we have you covered!

Louisiana

A major portion of ‘The Lucky One’ was filmed in parts of Louisiana. A property known as The Houmas House and Gardens, located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, served as a filming site during the scene of the garden party. Located at 40136 LA-942, Darrow, the plantation doubles up as the Clayton Estate in the film. Founded around the 1840s, it accommodates a Greek revival mansion apart from the plantation that includes gardens, lodging, and exquisite restaurants. 

Where is the house from The Lucky One?
Logan’s house is apparently a lodge at Camp Salmen Nature Park. Located at 35122 Parish Parkway in Slidell, it is a wooded park that has a playground, walking trails, and an amphitheater for events. Another scene takes place at a French-Creole trading post located at the park. The film additionally features the St. Joseph Benedictine Abbey, a Benedictine abbey located in Saint Benedict. Little Ben’s treehouse was staged around the lake encompassing the abbey.

Where is the house from The Lucky One?
More scenes were filmed in Madisonville, and the ones including the church scenes were taken at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Abita Springs. The Creedmoor Plantation, Bayou Road in St Bernard, and Port Eads Lighthouse are two more locations that you might have noticed in the movie.  Several scenes seem to have been filmed in New Orleans, nicknamed the “Big Easy.” It lies on the Mississippi River and is preferred for its vibrant nightlife and spicy cuisine.

The movie’s distributor Warner Bros. initiated the move from North Carolina to Louisiana, apparently because they wanted to cash in on Louisiana’s filmmaking tax incentives. Director Scott Hicks said that Nicholas Sparks was quite accepting of the shift besides talking about the mental exercise that went into converting the story to suit the Louisiana context. 

Read More: Is The Lucky One Based on a True Story?

Where was The Lucky One supposed to be filmed?

The cynic might argue that the shifting of the setting for the Nicholas Sparks-penned romance "The Lucky One" from North Carolina to Louisiana was purely practical, a move by Warner Bros. to cash in on Louisiana's filmmaking tax incentives.

Where does Beth live in The Lucky One?

He walks from Colorado to Hampton, North Carolina and finds Elizabeth(Beth), the girl in the photo. Logan applies for a job at the Kennel(which Beth and her grandmother own) and buys a house in Hampton.

Is the lucky ones based on a true story?

After speaking with Georgia Hunter, we became more intrigued about the backstory behind her novel We Were the Lucky Ones, which is inspired by a true story of a Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, who were determined to survive and eventually reunite.

Where is Logan from in The Lucky One?

Marine Logan survived three war tours in Iraq and believes owing his survival to a luck charm belonging to a mate killed in action, so once repatriated he walks no foot from Colorado to the family Louisiana home with his German shepherd.