Wayside Inn (Gibsland, Louisiana)

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Wayside Inn
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LocationOn Louisiana Highway 154, about 286 yards (262 m) north of the intersection with Louisiana Highway 517
Nearest city Gibsland, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°30′21″N93°03′00″W / 32.50589°N 93.05001°W / 32.50589; -93.05001 Coordinates: 32°30′21″N93°03′00″W / 32.50589°N 93.05001°W / 32.50589; -93.05001
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1857
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPS Antebellum Greek Revival Buildings of Mount Lebanon TR
NRHP reference # 80001706 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1980

The Wayside Inn located on Louisiana Highway 154 near Gibsland, Louisiana was built in 1857. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

Gibsland, Louisiana Town in Louisiana, United States

Gibsland is a town in Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 979. The town is best known for its connecting railroads, as the birthplace of the defunct historically black Coleman College, and for the nearby shootings in 1934 of the bandits Bonnie and Clyde.

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It is a five-bay residence with the only pedimented entrance portico in the community. It was built by Reverend Jesse Hartwell, who was president of Mt. Lebanon University from 1858 to 1859. [2]

Portico Type of porch

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Jonathan Fricker (June 1979). "Wayside Inn". National Park Service . Retrieved November 2, 2017. With photo from 1979.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bienville Parish, Louisiana Wikimedia list article

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