Kidd-Davis House

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Kidd-Davis House
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Location609 North Vienna Street, Ruston, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°32′03″N92°38′17″W / 32.53416°N 92.63803°W / 32.53416; -92.63803
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1886
Built byCharles H. Harris
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 84001330 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1984

The Kidd-Davis House, now hosting the Lincoln Parish Museum & Historical Society, is a historic house located at 609 North Vienna Street in Ruston, Louisiana, United States.

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Built in 1886 by Charles H. Harris, the structure is a 1+12-story Italianate frame house remodeled in Colonial Revival style in c.1920. The property was originally purchased by Leroy Madison Kidd in 1885 from Robert E. Russ, and then sold to Charles H. Harris in 1886. Shortly after its construction, the house was sold to Captain Milton B. Kidd. In 1921 the property was purchased by Robert Wesley Davis. [2] [3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1984. [1]

The Kidd-Davis house is now hosting the Lincoln Parish Museum & Historical Society, which also runs the Autrey House Museum, located in another enlisted historical property. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Kidd-Davis House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 19, 2018. with two photos and two maps
  3. National Register Staff (January 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Kidd-Davis House". National Park Service . Retrieved July 19, 2018. With seven photos from 1983 and 1984.
  4. "The Lincoln Parish Museum & Historical Society". and "The Lincoln Parish Museum & Historical Society - Autrey House".