Greenlaw House

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Greenlaw House
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Location613 10th Ave., Franklinton, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°51′0″N90°9′26″W / 30.85000°N 90.15722°W / 30.85000; -90.15722
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1906
Architectural styleQueen Anne, Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference No. 98000987 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 6, 1998

The Greenlaw House in Franklinton in Washington Parish, Louisiana was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

It is a one-and-a-half-story Queen Anne-style house with characteristic massing and textures. It has a turret and a wraparound gallery with bracketed Eastlake-style columns. [2]

Edward Runnels Greenlaw, a businessman in sawmills and railroads, had the house built for his parents, Civil War veteran Captain Lawrence Dade Greenlaw and Dora Runnels Greenlaw, a poet. [2]

The Greenlaw House has been rumored to be haunted which is a shared belief amongst a few previous residents.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Greenlaw House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 5, 2017. with seven photos and a map