Eden (Gardner, Louisiana)

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Eden
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Nearest city Gardner, Louisiana
Coordinates 31°19′53″N92°40′42″W / 31.33139°N 92.67833°W / 31.33139; -92.67833 Coordinates: 31°19′53″N92°40′42″W / 31.33139°N 92.67833°W / 31.33139; -92.67833
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc.1850
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Neo-Classical Architecture of Bayou Rapides TR
NRHP reference No. 84000554 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 5, 1984

Eden near Gardner, Louisiana is a house built perhaps around 1850. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

It is a central hall plan house, two rooms deep, with a rear ell wing. While family history suggests it was built around 1830 by Pleasant H. Hunter, evidence such as its heavy ogee moldings suggest a later date. In 1984, its original four chimneys and four aedicule style mantels survived. [2]

It is located off Highway 121, near its intersection with Highway 1200, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from Boyce, Louisiana. [2]

It was listed as one result of a study of 10 Neo-Classical farm-plantation houses along Bayou Rapides. As for several of the others (China Grove, Geneva, Hope, Island Home, Longview, Eden was modified by addition of hood along its original gallery, termed a false gallery, which provides additional protection from the rain, detracting somewhat but not greatly from its original appearance. [3]


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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Standing Structures Survey: Eden". National Park Service . Retrieved March 30, 2019. With accompanying 12 photos from 1984
  3. Louisiana's National Register staff; Rae Swent; Alice Hunter (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places: Neo-Classical Architecture of Bayou Rapides TR" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved July 24, 2019.