Edgewood (Farmerville, Louisiana)

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Edgewood
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Location1 mile west of Farmerville on the Bernice Highway, near Farmerville, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°47′12″N92°25′30″W / 32.78667°N 92.42500°W / 32.78667; -92.42500
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1902
Built byBaughman, J.D.
Architectural styleStick/eastlake, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 80001765 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1980

Edgewood, in Union Parish, Louisiana near Farmerville is a historic house built in 1902. [1] It is also known as Edgewood Plantation and, in 2017, is operated as a bed & breakfast inn. [2]

It is a one-story frame house raised almost a full story above the ground, located on "a grassy rise" amongst oak trees on the shore of Lake D'Arbonne. [3]

It includes Queen Anne and Eastlake architecture. [3]

The house has an L-shaped plan. Its parlor has a semi-hexagonal bay which is sheathed by a curving Eastlake gallery. Its living room has an alcove inside a thin turret which protrudes above the roof line. The roof line has seven gables, three of which are ornamented by scroll-sawn millwork. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Edgewood Plantation, Youtube video, about the house]
  3. 1 2 3 "Edgewood" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 29, 2017. with three photos and two maps