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| Location | 322 East 2nd Street, Thibodaux, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 29°47′51″N90°48′58″W / 29.79763°N 90.81618°W Coordinates: 29°47′51″N90°48′58″W / 29.79763°N 90.81618°W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1898 |
| Built by | E.G. Robichaux |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne Revival, Eastlake |
| MPS | Thibodaux MRA |
| NRHP reference # | 86000434 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 5, 1986 |
The Robichaux House is a historic house located at 322 East 2nd Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Thibodaux is a city in and the parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern part of the parish. The population was 14,567 at the 2010 census. Thibodaux is a principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Built in 1898, the house is a two-story frame residence in Queen Anne Revival style with Eastlake gallery details, three polygonal bays and two chimneys. The roof features a square turret with two oculi. [2]
In the United States, Queen Anne-style architecture was popular from roughly 1880 to 1910. "Queen Anne" was one of a number of popular architectural styles to emerge during the Victorian era. Within the Victorian era timeline, Queen Anne style followed the Stick style and preceded the Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle styles.
The Eastlake Movement was an American nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906). The movement is generally considered part of the late Victorian period in terms of broad antique furniture designations. In architecture the Eastlake Style or Eastlake architecture is part of the Queen Anne style of Victorian architecture.
The style of the building reflects the "second wave of prosperity" in Thibodaux, where houses were first designed in the Greek Revival style. [3]
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. It revived the style of ancient Greek architecture, in particular the Greek temple, with varying degrees of thoroughness and consistency. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture, which had for long mainly drawn from Roman architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1986. [1]
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
It is one of 14 individually NRHP-listed properties in the "Thibodaux Multiple Resource Area", [2] which also includes:
- Bank of Lafourche Building
- Breaux House
- Building at 108 Green Street
- Chanticleer Gift Shop
- Citizens Bank of Lafourche
- Grand Theatre
- Lamartina Building
- McCulla House
- Peltier House
- Percy-Lobdell Building
- Riviere Building
- Riviere House
- St. Joseph Co-Cathedral and Rectory
The Bank of Lafourche Building, also known as the Oil & Gas Building, is a historic commercial building located at 206 Green Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
The Breaux House is a historic mansion located at 401 Patriot Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
The Building at 108 Green Street, also known as the KTIB Radio Building, is a historic commercial building located at 108 Green Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
