Daigle House

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Daigle House
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Location1012 South Washington Street, Lafayette, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°13′20″N92°01′20″W / 30.22236°N 92.02217°W / 30.22236; -92.02217
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Builtc.1880
Built byJules Revillon
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 84001298 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 14, 1984

Daigle House, also known as Revillon House or as La Maison Revillon, is a historic Creole cottage located at 1012 South Washington Street in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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Built in Greek Revival style c.1880 by Jules Revillon, it is a five bay structure with a center entrance. It has a full front gallery featuring Doric posts with ogee molded capitals and a nearly full entablature. The front has two large dormers with pediments, pilasters and modest entablatures. [2]

The house was purchased by Sidney and Norma Daigle in 1924. It was purchased by George and Pat Bradley in 2004, and, in 2017, is used as a real estate firm's office. [3] [note 1]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1984. [1]

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Notes

  1. The National Register listing gives the street address as 1022 South Washington St., which seems no longer to be correct. Downtown Lafayette gives 1021-B South Washington St. as its address in 2017. In 2018 the address seems to be 1012 South Washington St.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Daigle House / Revillon House / La Maison Revillon" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017. with a photo and two maps Archived 2017-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Downtown Lafayette: Maison Revillon--1880". 2017 Downtown Lafayette. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.