Frithland

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Frithland
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Nearest city Bunkie, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°56′19″N92°11′27″W / 30.93861°N 92.19083°W / 30.93861; -92.19083
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1919
Built byAlfred E. Dupuy
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 85000969 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 1985

Frithland is a large Colonial Revival-style house built in 1919 near Bunkie, Louisiana in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

The house was built for the Frith family, among the earliest settlers in the area of Bunkie; it is the third Frith home on the Frithland Plantation. [2]

It is a 2+12-story, frame house with "a monumental gallery featuring colossal, fluted, composite order columns and end pilasters" across nearly the entire front of the house. It has a nearly full entablature, a balustrade, and a hipped roof with three front-facing dormer windows. Over the main entrance is a small balcony with French doors. The original building central hall plan with a rear ell. [2]

A second contributing building is included in the listing. [2]

It is located along Bayou Huffpower on Louisiana Highway 29, about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of Bunkie. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 National Register Staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation; Mary Buie Harwood (January 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Frithland". National Park Service . Retrieved April 2, 2021. With accompanying seven photos from 1984-85