Buard-Wells House, 607 Williams Avenue, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Summary
For additional documentation, see also HABS No. LA-2-8.
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
Significance: Built in the late eighteenth century, this is Natchitoches's oldest, extant house. Originally two rooms in plan, with a gallery on all four sides, the house was made of hand-hewn, notched, and pegged cypress timbers and bousillage. Sometime after the initial construction, the house was enlarged to its present form.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N363
Survey number: HABS LA-1258
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Buard, Gabriel
Louisiana Tech University, School of Architecture, sponsor
Martin, F Lestar, faculty sponsor
Byram, Steve
Barker, Lasonia
Campisi, David
Dinkle, Alan
Grigsby, Ken
layden, Joe
Meeks, Cassandra
Normand, Dennis
Wembe, Jennifer
Winters, Ned
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, sponsor
Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter
Cane River National Heritage Area Commission, sponsor
Carwile, Guy, delineator
Rosenthal, James, photographer
Location
Natchitoches (La.), 31.76136, -93.08427
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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