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Rogers Ms. Virginia Yongue Ms. Katherine Rolfes Ms. Eleanor Yount Dr. Curtis Roy Mr. & Mrs. Gil Zaunbrecher Mr. & Mrs. Rusty Ruckstuhl, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zuschlag Ms. Kelly Russo Mr. Corey Saft Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Saitta Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Sandlin Mr. Donat Savoie Ms. Liz Savoy Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Sawvel Ms. Andrea Schellman Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Sharplin Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Sisk Mrs. George Sobiesk Mr. & Mrs. Dee Stanley Mrs. Andree Stansbury Mrs. John Stephan Ms. Susan Stephan Ms. Lue Svendson Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Tait Mr. & Mrs. C. B. Talley Mrs. Myra R. Tener Mr. Curtis Theriot Mr. & Mrs. David E. Thomas Ms. Toni Tindel Mr. & Mrs. Eric Toce Mr. Eugene J. Todaro, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Glynn Trahan Mr. Russell Trahan Lafayette’s Celebrated Historic Property Alexandre Mouton House also known as the Lafayette Museum

Built by the Founder of our city

In 1954 this building was saved and restored by “Les Vingt Quatre”

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Circa 1800, Jean Mouton built the small Sunday House, Maison Dimanche. In 1825, Alexandre Mouton built the first floor of the main house. Circa 1849, the upper two floors and cupola were built by Dr. W. G. Mills. Join Preservation Alliance in support of Lafayette’s cherished treasure: The Alexandre Mouton House.

Pictured above is the “Maison Dimanche”, built circa 1800 by Jean Mouton, founder of the town of Vermilionville.

Below, a brick “potato” house also built by Jean Mouton, circa 1800.

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Nine Parishes One Acadiana Acadia Saint Landry Evangeline Saint Martin Iberia Saint Mary Jefferson Davis Vermilion Lafayette A Brief History of Acadiana

Before European influence, Acadiana was inhabited by a rich diversity of indigenous people of the Atakapa, Chocktaw, Appalousa and Chitimacha tribes. They first encountered Europeans in 1541, but European influence was negligible until 1682 when France colonized Louisiana under King Louis XIV. For almost 100 years thereafter, early European settlers were very few in number, and were mostly Spanish, French, or English traders and trappers.

By the late 1700s, Acadians were the largest singular group to settle in the area. Originally from France, Catholic Acadians had been deported from Nova Scotia in 1755 by the British. Many settled in “La Nouvelle Acadie”, Louisiana between 1765 and 1785 with land grants along the various rivers, bayous and lakes. By 1800, Acadians owned most of the fertile, river bottom land.

In 1803 Louisiana became part of the United States, bringing a surge of American immigrants to Acadiana. Between 1830 & 1850, many Europeans sought refuge in Louisiana. Germans searched for affordable land, Irish wished to escape the potato famine, and French fled from the Revolution in France and slave revolts in the West Indies. New technologies brought by various European cultures, coupled with the Acadian’s strong religious beliefs and spirit of determination formed the emerging “Cajun” culture.

Small plantations covered much of Acadiana before the Civil War. The people of Acadiana distinguished themselves very early on as a gracious and peaceful people who would not tolerate poor treatment of others, because they themselves had experienced oppression.

Due to the relative small size of plantations in Acadiana, a natural demand for smiths, carpenters, craftsmen, and artisans developed. As a result, Acadiana’s urban middle class emerged and flourished.

20th century Acadian culture was influenced by the industrial age as more people migrated to a more urban means of support. Lifestyles changed with the times, but there are many traditional, cultural characteristics from the past that influence Acadiana’s love of God, family, food, and music.

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Vermilionville

Register Book Retailer Preservation Alliance Supporter Neighboring Points of Interest within Vermilionville Park La Boutique Vermilionville Gift Shop Cajun and Creole art, literature, music, indigenous artisan crafts

La Cusine de Maman Vermilionville Cafe Cajun and Creole Dishes Plate Lunch Specials All You Can Eat Buffet

Watershed Exhibit Highlights the interaction of culture and environment by exploring the role of water on the earth. Traces water from the atmosphere to the Bayou Vermilion Watershed

Healers Garden Indigenous and Cajun/ Creole medicinal plants and their applications as experienced by Acadians and Native Americans in 18th century Louisiana. Self-guided tour located in Maison Acadienne

Bayou Boat Tour Experience the tidal river known as the Bayou 80 Vermilion on this 1.5 hour boat tour. The boat is a traditionally-built bateau 108 called Cocodrie. Advanced registration is required. 82

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Louis Arceneaux House (Beau Basin) Visit: La Boutique Hours: Tues - Sun 10am - 4pm

1. Louis Arceneaux House 2. Maison Acadienne 3. Joseph Buller House (Beau Basin) Vermilionville Tour begins and ends at Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park, 300 Fisher Road Tour is 3/4 miles long and takes approximately 30 minutes to walk. Vermilionville Park charges an admission fee. River

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Joseph Buller House

4. La Grange House 5. Joseph Firnberg House 6. Armand Broussard (Le Presbytère) (Boucvalt House) House Admission Fee may include: - Live Cajun & Creole Music - Cajun & Creole Cooking Demonstrations - La Cuisine de Maman Cajun & Creole Restaurant - 18th century period clothing, crafts, buildings - French Language Spoken Lafayette City-Parish

Register of Historic Properties

Published by Preservation Alliance of Lafayette Lafayette, Louisiana Copyright © 2015, 16th Edition Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents HOPE LODGE #145 116 East Vermilion Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #1 Built: circa 1916 Style: Gothic Revival Designated: November 1, 1990 The original one-story lodge built on this site in 1857 was demolished and replaced by this building to provide for the growing membership of the Masonic Lodge. In 1916, this beautifully ornate, Gothic Revival style structure was built. Buildings of this style were quite rare for such a small town’s central business district. The building was built by G.B. Knapp, Architect and A. Van Dyke, Contractor. Members of the Lodge were prominent citizens of this community; such as both the architect and contractor, Michel Girard, Onezime Mouton, Andre Martin, Dr. M. E. Saucier, John Stephan, Homer Mouton, John W. Faulk, Aimee Dufour, Jefferson Caffery, among others. Unlike in Europe at the time, Masons in the United States were considered more of a civic group than a religious organization.

20 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties Circa 1800 Smoke House Circa 1825 Alexandre Mouton House Circa 1800 Maison Dimanche ALEXANDRE MOUTON HOUSE LAFAYETTE MUSEUM 1122 Lafayette Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #2 Built: circa 1800 Style: French Colonial Designated: November 1, 1990 Alexandre Mouton House was built by Jean Mouton, founder of Vermilionville. He was one of the first settlers of Southwest Louisiana. He owned vast amounts of property in the area, including where Downtown Lafayette now exists. Jean donated land for both the Lafayette Parish Courthouse as well as Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church. Alexandre Mouton House was first built as a one-room “Sunday house” or “maison Dimanche”, in French. It was used by Jean and his family while they were in town, especially to attend Catholic Mass. Around 1825, the main house was expanded into a full-time residence by Jean’s son, Alexandre Mouton, who served as State Representative, State Senator, and Louisiana’s 12th Governor. The building is now home to Lafayette Museum; owned and maintained by “Les Vingt Quatre”, a group of cultural and civic-minded ladies, whose original members saved the building from demolition in 1954. 21 OLD GUARANTY BANK 500 Jefferson Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #3 Built: 1905 Style: Neoclassical Designated: November 1, 1990 Old Guaranty Bank Building is Lafayette’s only historic commercial structure built in the Beaux Arts Neoclassical style. It stands out as a unique property, because most downtown buildings at the time were either French Colonial style houses or commercial storefront buildings with a parapet façade. Built in 1905 for the old Bank of Lafayette, it served its longest term as downtown Lafayette’s Guaranty Bank building. Today, this Beaux Arts Neoclassical building offers mixed-use charm downtown with Jefferson Street Pub at street level and apartments on the second floor.

22 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties OLD CITY HALL (LA VIEILLE MAIRIE) 217 West Main Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #4 Built: 1898 Style: Italianate Revival Designated: November 1, 1990

This small Italianate structure was first built as the home site for the former Bank of Lafayette. It was built by George Knapp, a notable architect who built many structures in early Lafayette. In 1905, the Bank of Lafayette out-grew this building and built what is now known as the Old Guaranty Bank Building, seen on page 22 of this book. In 1906, the Old City Hall building was sold to the town of Lafayette, and it served as the seat of city government for thirty-three years. The original foundations of the two small jail cells used throughout the early 1900s are located behind the building. 23 FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 703 Lee Avenue NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #5 Built: 1925 Style: Neoclassical Designated: November 1, 1990 First United Methodist Church is one of only two structures remaining in Lafayette Parish that were built in the Neoclassical style. In 1924, funds were raised to construct this building, largely with the generous assistance of patron, Mrs. Elisabeth Denbo-Montgomery. Mrs. Denbo-Montgomery was a local philanthropist and daughter of the original owners of Denbo-Montgomery House, also on Lafayette’s Historic Register. For reference, see page 73 in this book. Some early members of the First United Methodist Church who were also prominent civic leaders in Lafayette were the Eloi Girard, Harold Demanade, J. J. Davidson, Jr., and Ben P. Paxton families. The pews in the balcony and those in the choir loft are from the previous church built around 1858 on South Washington and Congress Streets. The pulpit, altar chairs, and the old pump organ are also from the old church.

24 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties CHARLES MOUTON PLANTATION HOUSE Bois de Chênes 338 North Sterling Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Historic Property #6 Built: circa 1820 Style: French Creole Designated: November 1, 1990 This structure was built by Charles Mouton (1797-1848). Charles Mouton was a son of Lafayette’s founder, Jean Mouton (1754-1834). The house and property were once part of Jean’s plantation of over 300 acres. Charles, also a planter, acquired the property from his father in 1818. He built the house just prior to his marriage in 1821 to Marie Julie Latiolais, daughter of Joseph Latiolais, a French Creole of La Pointe, Louisiana. Charles and Julie Mouton’s son, Charles Homer Mouton, elected Louisiana Lieutenant governor in 1855, acquired the property in 1854 from his father’s succession. Over the years, several neighborhoods have been carved from the once vast plantation. Today, the property is located within Sterling Grove National Historic District. Both home and property are in use as the historic bed and breakfast, Bois des Chênes, owned and operated by Charles Mouton descendent, Coerte A. Voorhies, Jr., and his wife, Marjorie Dehart Voorhies.

25 ALEXANDRE LATIOLAIS HOUSE 900 East Butcher Switch Road NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #7 Built: circa 1790 Style: French Creole Designated: February 7, 1991 The Alexandre Latiolais House is the oldest building in use in Lafayette Parish today, and is undoubtedly one of the most significant properties on the local historic register. Very few structures from this time period and of this building type, the Louisiana Raised Cottage, remain in use today. Latiolais House is a fine example of the French Creole style built in Louisiana during the 1700s. The construction method used is the French Creole technique known as “columbage” walls infilled with “bousillage”. Columbage refers to the style of cypress framing used, and bousillage refers to the infill of mud and moss between the vertical cypress members. A detailed description of this construction type and the wood joinery details, can be found online at the Louisiana Depart- ment of Natural Resources web page: http://dnr.louisiana. gov/assets/TAD/education/ECEP/drafting/a/app-a.htm. 26 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties JEAN BAPTISTE MOUTON HOUSE Formerly SIDNEY MARTIN HOUSE 310 Sidney Martin Road NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #8 Built: circa 1835 Style: French Creole Designated: February 7, 1991 Jean Baptiste Mouton House, named for its first owner and builder, is one of only four, full, two-story French Creole homes remaining in Lafayette parish that originated as plantation homes. Jean Baptiste Mouton was the first son of Lafayette founder, Jean Mouton and his wife, Marie Marthe Bordat. The property was once part of the vast plantation owned by our city’s founder, and was given to Jean Baptiste by his father so he too, could make his living as a planter in the Attakapas Region of South Louisiana. Throughout the years, many of the initial decorative elements in the house had remained untouched, including the original paint on some interior walls. However, in 1919 there were major modifications made to the second-story roof line and front columns, preventing the building from becoming a National Register Property. Thankfully, subsequent owners, Frank and Rita Preston, restored the building to its original condition. 27 CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST 914 Saint John Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #9 Built: 1916 Style: Dutch Romanesque Revival Designated: February 7, 1991 One of the most elaborate structures in Lafayette, Saint John The Evangelist Cathedral is designed using a seven-bay basilican plan with vaulted nave, and buttresses to support steel roof trusses. In 1909, Pastor of Saint John The Evangelist Parish, Father W. J. Teurlings, visited his parents in Holland, and met the architect, Mr. Cousin. The two discussed creating an impressive church in Lafayette, and within several months Mr. Cousin had completed construction documents. Father Teurlings hired Eugene Guillot of New Iberia to be the contractor, and by November, 1913, the first cornerstone was set. To minimize construction costs, many parishioners transported building materials in their wagons from the railroad depot to the site. Also of note on the property is Saint John Oak, one of the country’s most impressive, centuries-old, live oak trees.

28 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties SAINT JOHN RECTORY L’ANCIEN ÉVÊCHÉ 515 Cathedral Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #10 Built: 1921 Style: Spanish Revival Designated: February 1, 1991

Saint John Rectory is one of the larger Spanish Revival style structures in Lafayette. This building stands on its own as an important part of the history of Lafayette outside of the fact that is was built next door to Saint John the Evangelist Cathedral. When the Cathedral was added to the local historic register, notice was also given to the Spanish exuberance of the rectory. Like the Cathedral next door, this building is also on the National Register of Historic Places. L’Ancien Évêché is the French name for the building, and it means former or old Bishop’s house.

29 LAFAYETTE HARDWARE STORE 121 West Vermilion Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #11 Built: circa 1890 Style: Italianate Revival Designated: February 7, 1991 This late nineteenth century structure, located in the heart of the downtown commercial district is a rare find. The building is significant because it stands as a museum piece, retaining all of its original pressed metal ornamentation and a completely unaltered shop front. Much of the building’s interior also remains original. Buildings with façades like this one were used on many smaller-town commercial buildings, and were often associated with successful business ventures. Commercial buildings like the Lafayette Hardware Store once competed with one another for adornment and esteem. Today, the building is home to MBSB Group, a professional firm offering master planning and architectural design services.

30 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties LAFAYETTE MIDDLE SCHOOL Formerly LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL 1301 West University Avenue NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #12 Built: 1926 Style: Collegiate Gothic Designated: February 7, 1991

Like many institutional buildings of the early 20th century, this building was built in the style known as Collegiate Gothic. In-keeping with the trend at the time, designers of Lafayette Middle School copied the architectural example of large, Ivy- League universities such as Harvard and Yale. This is one of only two local buildings featuring palatial-like articulation consisting of a central pavilion and end pavilions connected by two hyphen wings. The other building with this type of articulation is the historic N. P. Moss School, found on page 58 of this book. Lafayette Middle School was originally Lafayette’s second high school. Lafayette’s first high school was located behind Lafayette’s historic Second City Hall on Jefferson Street. It was demolished during the middle of the 20th century.

31 CAFÉ VERMILIONVILLE Formerly VERMILIONVILLE INN 1304 West Pinhook Road NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #13 Built: circa 1835 Style: Greek Revival Designated: February 7, 1991 Café Vermilionville was built as the first inn of the area, well before the small town of Vermilionville was developed. It was the site where traders gathered, having traveled by boat to the Vermilion Bayou landing near Pinhook Bridge, to trade with both Native Americans and fur trappers. Given the fact that waterways were the chief means of transportation at the time, several businesses developed around the site. Salesmen came by boat to lodge at the inn, and the scene included numerous hired horses and buggies ready to take their goods throughout the surrounding towns to do busi- ness. The inn became a center for commercial and social interaction for the area then called the Attakapas Prairie. After being restored in 1954 by Horace B. Rickey, Sr., the building has served several uses. Many remember when the building was “Judge Roy Beans Saloon”. Today, the build- ing is enjoyed as one of Lafayette’s finest restaurants, and it is architecturally cherished as one of only five two-story French Colonial structures remaining in Lafayette Parish. 32 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties GOOD HOPE HALL 300 Stewart Street Local Historic Property #14 Built: circa 1880 Style: Modified French Creole Designated: May 2, 1991

One of the most important structures in an area known as “Freetown,” the Good Hope Hall was a vital element in the struggle for equal rights in Lafayette before, during and after the Civil War. Freetown was a freed African-American settlement and in the late 1800s offered sanctuary and freedom to many. The Good Hope Hall at one time was a prominent jazz club, hosting many famous performers of the early 1950s. Prior to the 1950s it also served its community as a local church. The front porch has since been enclosed, and today the building serves as offices for a local law firm.

33 YANDLE HOUSE 200 Cherry Street Local Historic Property #15 Built: circa 1907 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: May 2, 1991

Located in one of Lafayette’s oldest neighborhoods, Elmhurst Park, this house was built around the turn of the twentieth century by Mr. Saint Cyr, a gentleman from Ohio. Later, it was purchased by Mr. Sylvester E. Yandle. Sylvester Yandle and his wife, Rose Marie Metscher from Germany, owned an ice cream and candy shop on Jefferson Street. The house remained in the Yandle family for approximately 40 years. After several subsequent owners and years of decline, the house was purchased and restored in 1988 by Mr. Cary Menard and his wife, Lucille Saucier Menard. There is a note of interest regarding the stained glass windows on the second floor. They were salvaged from the demolition site of old Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church before the Cathedral was built in 1916. The house is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Doucet. The Doucets are an early Acadian family whose members were significant to the settlement and development of Acadiana. 34 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties CHARGOIS HOUSE 309 Polk Street Local Historic Property #16 Built: circa 1915 Style: Modified Colonial Revival Designated: January 16, 1992

The original structure was a residence built by newlyweds, Mr. J. C. Chargois, Sr. and Mrs. Marie Louise Chargois around 1915. The building still remains in the Chargois family, and is used as an attorney’s office. Some time ago, the front porch was closed in to gain interior square footage. Mrs. Marie Louise Chargois is credited with founding the Lafayette Playground Association. Lafayette’s Chargois Park is named in her honor.

35 CAILLOUET HOUSE 120 Caillouet Place Local Historic Property #17 Built: circa 1896 Style: French Colonial Designated: March 26, 1992 This house was built by Annette Burguieses Caillouet (1859- 1956), owner of the “Alice B” and “Alice C” Plantations in Iberia Parish. The house originally faced Jefferson Street. That part of Jefferson Street was mostly residential until the turn of the 20th century, when Lafayette’s commercial district began to expand southward. Caillouet House was moved approximately 100 feet and turned to face a new side street, Caillouet Place. Typical of French Colonial structures in South Louisiana, it was built to withstand a hot, humid climate. The house is made of solid seasoned cypress with edge-grain cut pine floors, still in place today. Like many homes built before mechanical air conditioning, tall ceilings were designed to keep heat away from living spaces. The twelve-foot ceilings on the first floor and nine-foot ceilings on the second floor kept the living space cooler. 36 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties GREENHOUSE SENIOR CENTER 110 N. E. Evangeline Thruway Local Historic Property #18 Built: circa 1900 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: March 26, 1992 The gingerbread gallery, bay window and asymmetrical design qualify this house as Queen Anne Revival Victorian. It was built by the railroad conductor, Adam T. Boyd, and was originally located on Jefferson Street at the Evangeline Thruway. In 1976, the structure was purchased by the City of Lafayette and moved to its present location to serve the needs of local senior citizens in the Lafayette community. An addition to the rear of the building served to enlarge the facility, while architectural elements, like new wood trim and banisters, were painstakingly recreated to match original elements. 37 MOSS BUILDING 557 Jefferson Street Local Historic Property #19 Built: 1906 Style: Commercial Designated: June 6, 1992

The Moss Building was once the economic center of a fast- growing Lafayette. Dr. Nathaniel P. Moss built the building for his pharmacy and drug store at the corner of Jefferson and Vermilion Streets. The building remained the center of local activity for most of the early 20th century. Many prominent businessmen in Lafayette were awarded their first job at Dr. Moss’ pharmacy. Among them were Mike Donlon, Ray Cornay, J. R. Domengeaux, Jr., and Joseph Francis. For many years, local young ladies would arrive early to get a window seat at the pharmacy’s soda fountain tables in order to “see and be seen”. Today, as Downtown Lafayette enjoys a renewed vitality, the Moss Building plays an important role again, housing the professional offices of Broussard & David, LLC.

38 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties ONEZIPHORE COMEAUX HOUSE T’FRERE’S BED & BREAKFAST INN 1905 Verot School Road Local Historic Property #20 Built: circa 1890 Style: French Creole Designated: June 6, 1992

This house was built as the home of the Oneziphore Comeaux family and remained in Mr. Comeaux’s family until 1952. The house is currently a Bed & Breakfast named “T’Frere’s”. Oneziphore Comeaux was the youngest of seven children and therefore was nicknamed Petit Frere, French for little brother. Some believe this house to be haunted, as there have been unusual but friendly “happenings” throughout the house, substantiated by current and previous owners.

39 DR. J. D. TRAHAN HOUSE 814 South Washington Street Local Historic Property #21 Built: 1869 Style: French Creole Designated: June 6, 1992

Dr. J.D. Trahan was a pharmacist for General Alfred Mouton during the Civil War. Dr. Trahan and his wife, Rose Alice Larribeau, bought this property from Joseph Breaux in 1869. After studying medicine at Tulane University, Dr. Trahan returned to Lafayette and built this structure for his new bride. Dr. Trahan’s son, Dr. Anatole Trahan, bought the house from his siblings after his father’s death. Doctor Anatole Trahan was Lafayette’s seventh mayor, and one of the founders of the city’s first in-patient hospital, Lafayette Sanitarium, the forerunner to Lafayette General Hospital.

40 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties J. ARTHUR ROY HOUSE 1204 Johnston Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #22 Built: 1901 Style: Eastlake Designated: November 5, 1992 This structure is owned by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The Lafayette community is grateful for the University’s efforts to preserve their historically-important properties. A rare find in Lafayette due to its ornate trim, this Victorian, Eastlake structure is the only one on the local historic register featuring a two-story polygonal bay under gabled roof, and it is one of only two homes featuring a two-story gallery. It is also the only structure in the city of Lafayette that features a decorative panel between floors. The house was built by J. Arthur Roy who foresaw the advantage of living near the University, and who served on the University’s Board of Trustees and executive committee. The contractor was George Knapp, and the architect was Arthur Van Dyke. 41 LOUIS BAZIN HOUSE 210 North Magnolia Street Local Historic Property #23 Built: circa 1880 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: November 5, 1992

This house is named for local carpenter, Louis Bazin, who in 1898 moved an older Acadian style structure to his property in the then recently-developed McComb Addition Subdivision. Mr. Bazin added several rooms to the Acadian structure, giving the house its present look. The house is an interesting example of a Queen Anne Revival style home created from a former Acadian two-room house, a fairly common type of renovation made during the Victorian era. After many owners, and a great deal of care given by Daniel Peck and Richard Arlen Keaveney, the structure is now used as an attorney’s office.

42 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties LEVY-LEBLANC HOUSE 111 Michael Allen Boulevard Local Historic Property #24 Built: circa 1900 Style: Folk Victorian Designated: December 2, 1992

The Levy-LeBlanc House was built on its original site at 817 South Washington Street, around the turn of the 20th century. The significance of this building is not architectural, but rather relates to the original owners’ historic significance. The house was built by Victor Levy. His father, Lazarus Levy, was a German immigrant who arrived in America in 1852, served in the Confederate Army and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh. Merchants, Victor and William Levy, were sons of Frimmit Plonsky and Lazarus Levy. The Levy brothers opened a general store in 1897 in the historic Lafayette Hardware Store building at 121 West Vermilion Street. For reference, see page 30 of this book. In 1938, the Levy family sold the house to Lafayette’s first Federal Marshal, L. L. “Lulu” LeBlanc. In 1977, the house was moved it to its present location on Michael Allen Boulevard and was altered with additions of various styles, resulting in its current eclectic appearance.

43 CAFFERY HOUSE 223 Garfield Street Local Historic Property #25 Built: circa 1886 Style: French Colonial Designated: December 1, 1993

This large, stately home is one of the last survivors of the residential part of downtown Lafayette. It was built for Charles D. Caffery, who was United States Ambassador for twenty- five years, and served as Mayor of the village of Lafayette between 1901 and 1905. Caffery House was restored in 1993 by Mr. & Mrs. Barry J. Sallinger. It is an excellent example of an historic residence preserved for use in an urban setting. At the time this house was constructed, there were several large homes located in the immediate vicinity on what was formerly Parkerson family property. The neighborhood, known as Mansion Row, was considered to be on the outskirts of town. After 1881, the railroad was completed between New Orleans and Houston, and the area evolved into a more commercial use.

44 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties CYPRESS HOUSE 203 Myrtle Place Local Historic Property #26 Built: circa 1900 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: December 1, 1993

Cypress House was moved in 1928 from its original site one block away between Azalea and Hibiscus Streets. In 1959, Ewing and Beverly Latimer purchased the house and expertly restored it to its original condition. During restoration, the Latimers discovered the delicate spindlework supporting the gallery had been encased, and to their delight, were able to remove the covering without damaging the posts. Cypress House is a fine example of the Queen Anne Revival style homes, so very popular at the turn of the century in South Louisiana. Elements include asymmetrical front gallery with delicate spindlework columns, slender, transommed French doors and windows and Victorian detailing at the gables. 45 CROW GIRARD HOUSE 217 West University Avenue NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #27 Built:1900 Style:Queen Anne Revival Designated:December 1, 1993

This structure was built by Crow Girard and is one of the finest Queen Anne homes in Lafayette. Crow Girard was a member of one of early Lafayette’s influential families. Crow and his mother, Maxime Crow Girard, donated land for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The Girard family also donated the property Girard Park. In 1900, when Crow Girard built this house, he was nearly 40 years old had achieved success in business; having received a law degree from Tulane University in 1884. Crow Girard and his wife, Roberta Kennedy Girard, were widely respected for their volunteer activities among social, civic, educational and religious circles in Lafayette.

46 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties SOULIER HOUSE 1220 Johnston Street Local Historic Property #28 Built: circa 1916 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: January 5, 1994 Soulier House was built by Mr. and Mrs. Emile Soulier around 1916. Mrs. Soulier was the daughter of J. Arthur Roy, whose house was located next door. As was the common practice in those days, Mr. Roy gave to his daughters, property adjacent to his house. Another of Mr. & Mrs. Roy’s daughters, Mrs. Hawkins, received adjacent property on nearby Amelia Street. The Soulier House remained in the family until it was sold to the University in 1988. The structure includes elements of the “Free Classic” subtype of Queen Anne Revival style buildings, such as Doric columns on the front porch and glass transom above the main entrance. About 35 percent of Queen Anne houses used classical elements as a departure from the more fanciful spindle work and delicate cornice trim. The departure was prevalent after 1890 and influenced the early Colonial Revival houses of the subsequent Eclectic design movement.

47 SAUCIER-BARES HOUSE 205 West University Avenue Local Historic Property #29 Built: 1917 Style: American Foursquare Designated: January 5, 1994 Saucier-Bares House was built for Dr. Merrick Saucier in 1917. Dr. Saucier was one of the founders of the Lafayette Sanitarium, the forerunner to Lafayette General Medical Center. When Saucier-Bares House was built, it was located on the outskirts of town next to SLII, present-day University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It was constructed of solid cypress and contains a fully-enclosed basement. In 1982, the house was purchased from Dr. Saucier’s daughter by Wendell Bares, who has since restored the home to its original condition. Bares’ maternal grandmother, Josephine Oxford, was a collateral descendant of Martha Washington. As such, the house now has the rare, honored distinction of being listed as an historic property by the National Society of Colonial Dames, the highly-esteemed society of women whose direct ancestors held positions of leadership in the Thirteen Colonies. 48 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties CLAYTON MARTIN HOUSE 416 West Main Street Local Historic Property #30 Built: 1905 Style: Eastlake Designated: May 4, 1994 J. Edward Martin built this home for his residence in 1905 using timbers from an earlier mercantile building located on the lot. It was designed by George Knapp, architect, and constructed by the A. E. Mouton Lumber Company. Mrs. John Villere, formerly Miss Viviane Martin, inherited the home from her father, and later sold it to her brother, J. Clayton Martin, who had lived in the home for many years as a tenant. The structure is a fine example of the late Victorian Queen Anne Revival movement called the Eastlake Style. This Louisiana version of Eastlake architecture has fourteen-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows on the first floor. Both floors are built around central hallways, and two chimneys serve back-to-back fireplaces. The front gallery wraps around the left side of the structure and is supported by delicate, turned posts with lace-like brackets. The gallery includes an Eastlake style spindlework frieze and turned balusters. The building is presently owned and occupied by Lafayette Sheriff’s Department. 49 DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 2012

KOURY LAW OFFICE 120 East Third Street Local Historic Property #31 Built: 1904 Style: Eastlake Designated: May 4, 1994

Mr. Rene Delhomme, the founder of Delhomme Funeral Home in Lafayette, built this structure in 1904 for his new bride. The couple lived there for only seven years before selling the house to Michael Levoise, a local barber. In 1972, Mr. Joseph Koury, attorney, bought the house and remodeled the interior for use as his law office. Built during a decade of high population growth in Lafayette, there were quite a number of homes built in this particular Queen Anne Revival style during the first decade of the 20th century. However, few exist today, as many were demolished in the name of progress. Sadly, Koury Law Office was destroyed by fire in 2012.

50 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties MOST HOLY SACRAMENT CONVENT (AFFILIATED BLIND OF LOUISIANA) 409 West Saint Mary Boulevard Local Historic Property #32 Built: 1924 Style: Spanish Colonial Revival Designated: July 6, 1994

Most Holy Sacrament Convent built for Roman Catholic Sisters of the Most Holy Sacrament, remained a convent, kindergarten, novitiate, and sisters’ retirement home for sixty years. Exceptional Spanish Colonial Revival details on the building originally included Spanish tile roofing along with intricate brick banding and roman arched windows. Today, the entire complex comprises 7 buildings totalling 70,000 square feet on the original 3.75 acres of park-like grounds. The building fronting Saint Mary Blvd., added in 1965, does a poor job of blending with the original Spanish Colonial Revival buildings and obscures the view of the 1924 structures. In 1990 the property was purchased for $750,000 by the non-profit, Affiliated Blind of Louisiana, for use as a statewide center to assist and train the visually impaired. 51 1304 SAINT JOHN STREET HOUSE 1304 Saint John Street Local Historic Property #33 Built:circa 1910 Style:American Bungalow Designated:July 6, 1994

1304 Saint John Street House property, purchased from Crow Girard’s heirs by Samuel J. Leblanc and Gabrielle Guchereaux Leblanc, is part of Lafayette’s historic Elmhurst Park Subdivision. The house is a well-preserved example of an early twentieth century American bungalow belonging to the Arts and Crafts Movement called Craftsman style. It is also one of only two known structures in Lafayette Parish featuring a fully shingled porch enclosure and supports. Lafayette is lucky to have preserved such a worthy architectural example, a rare feature, due to the cost of construction.

52 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties L. O. CLARK HOUSE 112 Clark Court Local Historic Property #34 Built: 1927 Style: Eclectic Revivalism Designated: October 5, 1994 L. O. Clark House is a perfect example of a mix between the English Cottage Revival and the Spanish Colonial Revival styles when it was originally constructed with a Spanish tile roof. It was the first home built in Arbolada and was built by one of Arbolada’s original planners. Arbolada was a subdivision inspired by the “garden cities” of late 19th century England. It was the first “designed development” in Lafayette, and was planned with a Spanish Colonial theme. The development included covenants that prohibited the removal of existing trees and required specific standards of construction. Due to The Great Depression of 1929, economic influences resulted in bankruptcy for the developers, and only the first four homes were built in-keeping with the developers’ vision. Dr. L. O. Clark was Lafayette’s first board-certified surgeon. He envisioned the neighborhood as a place for doctors, professors and other professionals. 53 JEANMARD HOUSE 306 South Pierce Street Local Historic Property #35 Built:1907 Style:Queen Anne Revival Designated:October 5, 1994 In 1917, Dr. Henry Jeanmard purchased this house from Mr. Meyers, the original owner. The Jeanmard family remained in the house for more than 40 years, and for that reason, most people associate it with the Jeanmard name. Its stately and picturesque appearance is not surprising for the historic suburb and then fashionable neighborhoods, Mills and Hopkins Additions. Mills Addition, recorded in 1856, was the first residential expansion for Vermilionville and became a sought-after location for stately homes like this one. Hopkins Addition was developed in 1903, extending the neighborhood of stately homes. Jeanmard House is a fine example of the Queen Anne Revival style, with its free Renaissance look achieved by the use of an asymmetrical façade, steeply-pitched roof, several cross gables of differing size and shape, bay window, gallery, and decorative glazing. 54 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties WALTER FRANKLIN MILLS HOUSE 312 South Pierce Street Local Historic Property #36 Built: 1910 Style: American Foursquare Designated: October 5, 1994 Walter Franklin Mills House was built by Mr. Meyers, the same builder who built the Jeanmard House next door. This house was designed in accordance with the progressive style of the times, the American Foursquare, part of the Arts and Crafts Movement. While most homes in the late nineteenth century made use of ornamentation to achieve a picturesque look, by the early twentieth century a more “honest” look with cleaner lines was emerging as the more progressive style. The property is located in Hopkins Addition, developed in 1903 as one of Lafayette’s early upscale residential subdivisions. Among the earlier owners of the property, Walter Franklin Mills is one who would have been most remembered as being associated with this house. He was a former railroad worker who lived in the house and operated a mechanical repair shop on the property. Thanks to recent owners’ care over the last several decades, the house remains in beautiful condition. 55 SHADY BROOK HOUSE 127 Cherry Street Local Historic Property #37 Built:circa 1912 Style:Colonial Revival Designated:February 1, 1995

Shady Brook House was built for Dr. R. D. Voorhies, a staff physician for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then called Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (SLII). Dr. Voorhies and his family lived in the house for nearly fifty years. The house is located in historic neighborhood, Elmhurst Park Addition, developed in 1905 during a decade that experienced the fastest population growth in Lafayette’s history. Due to the growth of SLII, having been newly established in 1898, and the growth attributed to completion of the railroad in 1881, Lafayette’s population grew 92% between 1900 and 1910. Many years later, in 1988, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Martin restored the house to its original Colonial Revival grandeur, a grandeur expressed by the structure’s classically-inspired entrance.

56 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties MARTIN HOUSE 112 Dunreath Street Local Historic Property #38 Built: 1907 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: May 3, 1995

Mr. Joseph Guidroz built the Martin House in 1907. However, the house derives its name from its longest and most well- known owners, Mr. F. Lloyd Martin and Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins Martin, who purchased the home in 1917 and occupied it for fifty-four years. The Martin House is an example of the adaptability of older structures for modern needs. It is located in one of Lafayette’s oldest neighborhoods, Elmhurst Park. In the mid 1980’s, a friend of the owner and local architect, Mr. Poinboeuf, modernized the house by enclosing the front porch, updating the kitchen, and modifying the large attic into an upstairs room with back deck. After twenty-one changes in ownership, the house is still in use as a single-family residence.

57 N. P. MOSS SCHOOL 801 Mudd Avenue Local Historic Property #39 Built: 1926 Style: Jacobean Revival Designated: May 3, 1995 N. P. Moss School was built around the same time as its sister public school, Lafayette Elementary, to help ease the pressure on Lafayette schools caused by the increasing population growth experienced in Lafayette during the first quarter of the 20th century. The design of this school is included in the broad category of the English Style, as was the tradition for many education and civic buildings at the time. Such buildings were commonly broken into two subcategories: Collegiate Gothic and Jacobean Revival. Like Lafayette Elementary, N. P. Moss School includes palatial-like central pavilion and end pavilions connected by two hyphen wings. The style that most influenced the façade of N. P. Moss School, Jacobean Revival, remains a relatively uncommon style for Louisiana. In 2012, the Lafayette Parish School Board refurbished the building and renamed it to N. P. Moss Preparatory School. 58 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties ELOI GIRARD HOUSE 500 East University Avenue Local Historic Property #40 Built: 1935 Style: English Tudor Revival Designated: November 1, 1995 In 1899, the Girard family donated 25 acres of land to help establish the University. In 1935, M. Eloi Girard built this house on a portion of his family’s land situated a short walk from Girard Park. Eloi Girard was the nephew of Crow Girard, who was the son of Michel Eloi Girard, Jr. of Baignes France, and Maxime Crow. Maxime was daughter of Mr. Basil Crow and Miss Maximilian Brashear. Both the Crow and Brashear families can trace their ancestries to Maryland’s Benjamin Brashear, a Huguenot refugee from France in the mid 1600s. Brashear is considered the same name as Brasseuir, Brassieur and Brasseur. It was Basil Crow who gave land to his daughter and Eloi Girard, land which later became Girard and Elmhurst Park Subdivisions along Brashear Street. Eloi Girard House, true to the Revivalism era, resembles an English Tudor cottage. The uneven exterior brick courses, a feature specifically asked for by Mr. Eloi Girard, come from clinkers rejected at the old Mike Baker Brick beehive kilns. Clinkers are bricks that are baked too close to the heat, and thus become misshapen and exceedingly durable. The house is presently home to Cajun American painter and sculptor Francis X. Pavy. 59 HANLEY-GUENO HOUSE CHATEAU DU PARC 406 North Sterling Street Local Historic Property #41 Built: circa 1900 Style: American Foursquare Designated: April 3, 1996 A shoe salesman built this stately American Foursquare house after buying the property from Dr. Francis S. Mudd. However, the owner of most notoriety is Joseph Raoul Jeanmard, whose brother, Bishop Jules Jeanmard, lived in the house for about a year while construction of Saint John Cathedral took place. The Jeanmard family is also credited with being the first to bring azalea plants to Lafayette. Some of the oldest Azaleas in Lafayette can be found on this property. Hanley-Gueno House is named after the owners who occupied the house for over 35 years prior to 2007 and who carefully restored and maintained the house during that time. Hanley and Gueno are also well known for creating the Baroque Neapolitan crèche on permanent exhibit at Saint John Cathedral Museum. 60 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties DAUTERIVE HOUSE 117 Caillouet Place Local Historic Property #42 Built: 1919 Style: American Foursquare Designated: March 3, 1996 Like the Caillouet House located across Caillouet Street from this property, the Dauterive House faced Jefferson Street when it was built. In 1945, as Jefferson Street became more commercial and less residential in use, the house was relocated next door to the original lot. Dauterive House is a fine example of the American Foursquare designs of the early 1900s. It was built by Mr. Saint Paul Bourgeois as a wedding present for his daughter, Hilda Bourgeois, when she married Mr. Laurent Joseph Dauterive. In 1917, Mr. Dauterive established Dauterive’s Furniture in Lafayette. The house has two and a half stories, and is constructed entirely of antique cypress with solid, double maple wood flooring. It was the Dauterive’s home for thirty-one years before being rented for commercial purposes.

61 Saint Mary’s Orphanage Main Building - Demolished

Saint Mary’s Orphanage Girls Dormitory, circa 1924 SAINT MARY’S ORPHANAGE 605 West Saint Mary Boulevard Local Historic Property #43 Built:circa 1924 Style:Spanish Revival Designated:September 4, 1996 The structure existing on the site today was once part of a three-building complex. The history of Saint Mary’s Orphanage goes back to 1924, when the home was established by Bishop Jules B. Jeanmard to care for orphans in the community. St. Mary’s Orphanage is worthy of note for its role initiating the historic preservation movement in Lafayette. When the main building of the complex was demolished in 1986 by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, the outcry from the community prompted the creation of the city’s first Historic Preservation Ordinance, adopted in 1988.

62 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties BARRIOS HOUSE (formerly SNODGRASS HOUSE) 411 North Sterling Street Local Historic Property #44 Built:circa 1902 Style:Queen Anne Revival Designated:September 4, 1996

Barrios House is located within the National Historic District, Sterling Grove, once part of the large plantation holdings of Charles Mouton. The structure is a fine example of Victorian architecture, a style made possible by industrialization in the late 19th century. Industrialization permitted many complex house components to be mass-produced and transported at relatively low costs. Victorian styles clearly reflect these changes with the extravagant use of complex shapes and ornate detailing. The grand scale of Barrios House is impressive, but not unusual for its time, as the turn of the twentieth century was a time of significant economic growth. Barrios House is named for the couple, Dr. & Mrs. William Barrios, who purchased the house in 1970 and restored it to its original grandeur. 63 Photo B Photo A

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DR. FREDRICK TOLSON HOUSE 840 Bourque Road Local Historic Property #45 Built:circa 1905 Style:Colonial Revival Designated:April 2, 1997 Dr. Fredrick Rudolph Tolson built his house around 1905 at 1108 Johnston Street to serve as his family home. For reference see Photo A, above. It was scheduled for demolition to make room for the Ascension Episcopal School parking lot. With publicity provided by the Lafayette Preservation Commission, a buyer surfaced, and the house was moved and re-purposed. See Photo B, above. Unfortunately, due to incorrect restoration methods, the building is at risk of deteriorating into a state of disrepair. See Photos C and D, above. Structures in crisis can be saved with community awareness and concerned citizens. Our present and future city-parish citizens appreciate all who make the effort to be good stewards of historic properties. 64 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties LA MAISON FRANÇAISE 1511 Johnston Street Local Historic Property #46 Built: circa 1920 Style: Colonial Revival Designated: December 3, 1997 The French House was built for Mr. and Mrs. Myrtile Meyer, a prominent local businessman and his wife. The structure is unusually opulent for the modest community Lafayette was at the time. Mr. Meyer’s wife, Louise Bendel Meyer, was the sister of Mr. Henri Bendel, New York fashion designer and retailer. Henri and Louise were born in Lafayette shortly after the Civil War. Henri’s New York women’s upscale store is still in business today. Henri designed and built the French House for his sister and her husband. He lived in the house during the construction of his own home, the Henri Bendel Lodge which was located at the entrance to Bendel Gardens neighborhood. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette acquired the building in 1955. The structure’s name, French House, was derived from its former role as the focal point of the University’s promotion of French language and culture in Louisiana. The Admissions Office is now located in the building. 65 WHITTINGTON-GUERNIERE HOUSE 2250 Johnston Street Local Historic Property #47 Built: 1915 Style: Colonial Revival Designated: December 3, 1997 Whittington-Guerniere House was built in 1915 by owners Mr. Gaston Guerniere and Mary Whittington-Guerniere on property Mary inherited from her family. The Whittingtons were one of Lafayette’s early influential families, and they had extensive land holdings in the area now owned by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1936, the University acquired the Whittington-Guerniere House and property and put the house to several uses throughout the years. When the house was built in 1915, Colonial Revival was a very popular style that had begun in the late 1800s, with European-trained American architects designing landmark “period” homes for wealthy clients. Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 helped the trend gain tremendous momentum, and with the help of emerging building technologies, soon even the most modest cottages began to mimic Old World European landmarks. 66 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties HAMILTON PLACE 100 Hamilton Place Local Historic Property #48 Built:circa 1920 Style:Bungalow Designated:October 7, 1998 Judge Orther C. Mouton, great grandson of Lafayette’s founder, Jean Mouton, purchased this property in 1919 and built this home. Modeled after the “Arts and Crafts Style” Bungalow, Hamilton House makes a deliberate shift away from the more formal and ornate Victorian homes built in Lafayette during the late 1800s. Judge Mouton’s daughter, Marie Ruth, “Tante Marie”, married Dr. Charles E. Hamilton in 1920, and sometime thereafter became the second owner of the home. Tante Marie and Dr. Charles Hamilton lived at Hamilton Place for the remainder of their lives. In 1978, the house was inherited by their daughter, Helen Hamilton Bailey, and was sold sometime later. Today, the house belongs to Annette Simon and is home to A-Net’s, a bridal shop. With the new ownership, Victorian and Federalist-like ornamentation were added to the exterior. These embellishments are exactly the type of “over-decorated aesthetic” that Arts and Crafts designers reacted against. The house remains on Lafayette’s historic register because of the historic significance of the original two owners. 67 POLLINGUE-BROWN-TOWN HOUSE 323 East University Avenue Local Historic Property #49 Built:1927 Style:Eclectic Revivalism Designated:October 7, 1998 The style of Pollingue-Brown-Town House combines features from Italian Renaissance and Spanish styles. It is a wonderful gem of an example of the Eclectic style that was quite popular beginning in the late 1800s. Pollingue-Brown-Town House is located across University Avenue from Hebrard Blvd at UL Lafayette Campus. The name honors the original three owners, who played a significant role in Lafayette’s history. Piano Professor, Maurice Pollingue built the house for his family home in 1927. Prior to his building this house, he built a family home also listed on Lafayette’s Historic Register, the Arts and Crafts Bungalow at 126 Dunreath Street. The second owner, Robert E. Brown, was Head of the University’s Athletic Department during the 1940s. The third owner was Joseph Harrell Town, son of a successful Lafayette merchant. The Town family was well known for their success as builders and artists. Joseph was a brother of Albert Hays Town, beloved Louisiana architect noted for developing the “Louisiana Style” that gained much popularity. Joseph Harrell Town owned the house from 1950 to 1997.

68 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties GROHEIM 204 Versailles Boulevard Local Historic Property #50 Built: 1927 Style: Normandy Revival Designated: October 7, 1998 Groheim was built for Mr. J. Alfred Mouton and his wife, Irene Barry Mouton. J. Alfred Mouton was a significant real estate developer and prominent businessman in Lafayette whose financial influence helped shape Lafayette’s growth through the first half of the twentieth century. The house was built with labor and materials provided by Mrs. Mouton’s cousins, P. J. Voorhies and J. B. Mouton. Today, many of the original “Governor Mouton Camellias” and Live Oak trees grace the property. In 1996, Mouton heirs sold Groheim to the owner for whom it is named, William Carl Groh, III, a Lafayette native and noted artist. Highly regarded for his portrait paintings including portraits of His Eminence Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. and also then President of France, Jacques Chirac. Mr. Groh’s masterpieces have been featured at Sotheby’s and hang in galleries like the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

69 WHITFIELD HOUSE 305 Failla Road Local Historic Property #51 Built: circa 1910 Style: French Creole Designated: June 7, 2000

Whitfield House was built by Ambroise Begnaud around 1910. After only a couple of years, Mr. Begnaud sold the house to Blanchard Whitfield, and the house remained in the Whitfield family for eighty-six years. It was originally located on Moss Street and was French Creole landmark near N. P. Moss School for most of the 20th century. The house was used as a shelter and field hospital during the devastating flood of 1927. In 1998 the house was moved by Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Young from Moss Street at 401 Sophie Street, to its present location on Failla Road.

70 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties POCHÈ BUILDING 201 West Vermilion Street Local Historic Property #52 Built: 1920 Style: Commercial Designated: June 27, 2000 Poché Building was built in 1920 to house the locally-owned Billeaud Motor Company and remained in use as an automobile dealership until 1948. After serving many other commercial ventures, in 1996 its new owners, Poché Prouet Associates, Ltd., now the Southwest Group, restored and repurposed the building into office space. The Southwest Group, a locally- owned company, is well known in Lafayette for their experience in historic preservation. They are responsible for restoration and renovation projects for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Exchange and the Tribune Building, properties listed on our local historic register. Among the many projects they have completed, the Southwest Group is also responsible for renovating and restoring Cal Chlor Building on Jefferson Street, Tsunami’s Restaurant, which was originally the 1933 Abdalla’s Department Store, and Cathedral Carmel School, built in 1919.

71 CIRCA 1900 HOUSE 1300 Dugas Road Local Historic Property #53 Built: circa 1900 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: February 21, 2002

Although it is believed Circa 1900 House was built around 1870, title research has not been able to establish the structure’s existence prior to 1914. While it is a Queen Anne structure, it is not as ornate as a prototypical Queen Anne style house. Common to South Louisiana, this “Cajun Prairie” version of the Queen Anne Revival style reflects this area’s fondness for the one-and-a-half story rambling cottage with a polygonal forward-facing bay. The galleried porch attached to the front of the house, the bay front, and steeply pitched gables are the defining features of this “Cajun Prairie” Queen Anne home.

72 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties DENBO-MONTGOMERY HOUSE 106 Verlander Circle Local Historic Property #54 Built: 1898 Style: American Bungalow Designated: July 11, 2002

This structure is named after the Denbo-Montgomery family who built the house and occupied it until 2001, when the property was sold to Lafayette’s First Baptist Church. The Denbos and Montgomerys were prominent Lafayette families during the first half of the twentieth century. Mrs. Denbo’s daughter, Elisabeth Montgomery, was born in the house the year it was built and lived there until her death in 2001. The subsequent owner, Mrs. Kolleen Bowen Verlander, purchased and moved the house from the southwest corner of Lafayette and Convent Streets to save it from demolition by the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Verlander, daughter of the former Lafayette mayor, Kenny Bowen, learned through research that John Kennedy Toole, Pulitzer Prize winning author, had lived in the apartment located behind the main house in 1959 and 1960 while teaching at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

73 HOHORST HOUSE 112 Azalea Street Local Historic Property #55 Built: 1905 Style: American Foursquare Designated: February 20, 2003

Built by Henry Herman Hohorst in 1905 on property he later subdivided into the neighborhood now known as Hohorst Addition, this house remained in the Hohorst family for an unprecedented ninety-six years. Cathy Leblanc, Co-owner of Coast Capital Mortgage, purchased the home in 2001 and began major renovations to save the structure which had fallen into disrepair. A new addition was made to the rear of the house not visible from the street. Therefore, the façade remains exactly as it was built over a century ago.

74 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties WILLIAM BRANDT HOUSE 614 Madison Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #56 Built:circa 1870 Style:Greek Revival Designated:March 20, 2003

Greek Revival is the style of this circa 1870 structure, named for William Brandt, the then Notary Public and Court Recorder for the town of Vermilionville. Mr. Brandt purchased the property in 1859 and remodeled it to its present look. Prior to being remodeled, the structure was built at its present location as a two-room Acadian cottage. It was an overseer’s residence on Charles Mouton’s Plantation, now a bed and breakfast called Bois des Chênes. Experts estimate it was built before 1820. Current owner and historian, Sonya LaComb- Boudreaux, discovered several clues during restoration work confirming the front of the house originally faced what is now West Congress Street. The current side hall entrance is the former front gallery, or porch. Around 1880, the entire roof was re-constructed to its present configuration, and a new front gallery was added, creating the Greek Revival façade that exists today. It is one of the very few surviving 19th century Greek Revival style structures in Lafayette Parish. 75 LAFAYETTE TRAIN DEPOT 100 Lee Avenue Local Historic Property #57 Built: 1911 Style: Early 20th Century Depot Designated: April 17, 2003

The Southern Pacific Railroad Depot is important to Lafayette history not only because of its early construction date, but also because it was paramount to the city’s early commercial growth. Like other railroad cities of the early 1900s, building a train depot in Lafayette created jobs, required new housing and commercial links to other communities. The 20th Century Depot building style represents the national train depot building design standard created so that depots across the country could be built quickly and efficiently. In 1998, after a fire almost destroyed the building, it was renovated. The property now serves as a home for the city’s Traffic Department, a post office, the municipal bus hub, an Amtrak stop, a new Greyhound terminal and the city’s public access television station, Acadiana Open Channel (AOC) Community Media. 76 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties SANS SOUCI 219 East Vermilion Street Local Historic Property #58 Built: circa 1840 Style: Commercial Vernacular Designated: March 20, 2003

The Sans Souci building may be the oldest commercial building surviving in Lafayette’s downtown area. While the actual construction date is not known, the building’s long history within the community is certain. Built by Richard Chargois, an early business leader in Lafayette, it remained in the Chargois family until 1943. At the time of its construction, the property was located on the outskirts of Lafayette and the building welcomed guests as the Lafayette Inn. It was also a carpenter’s store, a grocery market, a tinsmith shop, and housed Lafayette’s first post office and newspaper. This memorable wooden building is named for the Sans Souci Bookstore, opened in 1943 by the woman who established the UL Lafayette campus library, Ms. Edith Garland Dupre. Today it serves as the home of Sans Souci Fine Crafts Gallery. Renovations were completed in 2001, and the structure now resides in the urban park that was built around it and shares its name.

77 MAURICE HEYMANN BUILDING 433 Jefferson Street Local Historic Property #59 Built:1925 Style:Commercial Designated:May 15, 2003

The Maurice Heymann Building was built by one of Lafayette’s most beloved and prominent business leaders for whom the building is named. He was inarguably one of the city’s most influential business men, and his gift for ingenuity allowed citizens of Lafayette to enjoy the department store trend that was sweeping the rest of the nation at the time. By 1890, a new world of retailing had been created as department stores gained the market position across Europe and the U.S. as “universal” retail providers. Small general stores became department stores as small towns became cities. By 1925, Macy’s in New York had doubled in size, and shopping at department stores had become a national pastime. Today, the Maurice Heymann Department Store building serves another engaging trend as Lafayette’s Natural History Museum and Planetarium.

78 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties ARMAND BROUSSARD HOUSE (FAUSSE POINT) 300 Fisher Road Local Historic Property #60 Built: circa 1790 Style: French Creole Designated: February 17, 2005

The Armand Broussard House is part of Lafayette’s Living History Museum & Folklife Park, Vermilionville, and is a true gem of the French Creole style of architecture. Being a rather large family home, it was built with all the “bells and whistles” available at the time. It is one of the largest structures of columbage and bousillage construction located at Vermilionville and is one of the oldest in Lafayette Parish. The house was built at Fausse Point well over two hundred years ago and has had only three owners. The Broussard family owned it until 1979 when Dr. Roy Boucvalt purchased it. Nine years later, in 1988, Dr. Boucvalt donated the historic structure to Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park.

79 LOUIS ARCENEAUX HOUSE (BEAU BASIN) 300 Fisher Road Local Historic Property #61 Built: circa 1840 Style: French Creole Designated: February 17, 2005 Originally built north of Lafayette near Carencro, this structure served as the main building of a large cattle ranch known as “Beau Bassin” owned by Louis Arceneaux and his family. It is a fine example of the French Creole style, a building type developed by French settlers for the hot and humid climate of South Louisiana. There were no major renovations made to the structure since construction, over one hundred and seventy years ago. It was built with the columbage and bousillage method of wall construction; which was typical for rural homes built during the 18th and early 19th centuries in South Louisiana. In 1988, the home was donated by Louis Arceneaux’s descendant, Dr. Thomas Arceneaux, and moved to Vermilionville, Lafayette’s Living History & Folklife Park.

80 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties JOSEPH FIRNBERG HOUSE (BOUCVALT HOUSE) 300 Fisher Road Local Historic Property #62 Built: circa 1860 Style:French Creole Designated:June 16, 2005

Joseph Firnberg house was originally located near downtown Opelousas. At the time it was built, Opelousas was the center of commerce for the region and a much larger town than Lafayette. The structure is a single-story, French Creole house. It’s an excellent representation of the typical urban dwelling in Acadiana at the time. Near the turn of the century, a bathroom and kitchen were added and positioned on either side of the structure to maintain architectural balance. Such additions were associated with financial success. In 1988, Dr. Roy Boucvalt purchased the house and donated it to Vermilionville, Lafayette’s Living History Museum & Folklife Park. 81 JOSEPH BULLER HOUSE 300 Fisher Road Local Historic Property #63 Built:circa 1807 Style:French Creole Designated:June 16, 2005

The Joseph Buller House was built at Prairie Ronde near Ville Platte, Louisiana, on land acquired by the Buller Family “by right of settlement and occupancy”. The style of the house is typical for small cottages in rural South Louisiana. It is believed to have once been a one room cottage with large galleries in the front and back. The rear flanking bedrooms would have been added later as needed and when resources became available. The central loggia in the rear is designed for comfort in warm weather, allowing for air flow through the structure. The Bullers owned the house from the time of its construction until the late 1970s. It was moved by its new owner, Dr. Roy Boucvalt, to New Iberia to serve as a bed and breakfast until 1988 when it was donated to Lafayette’s Living History Museum & Folklife Park, Vermilionville.

82 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties LAGRANGE FAMILY HOUSE (LE PRESBYTÉRE) 300 Fisher Road Local Historic Property #64 Built: circa 1830 Style: French Creole Designated: September 15, 2005 This small outbuilding, is typical of the Acadian variety of French Creole style of buildings in South Louisiana. It was originally owned by the LaGrange family of St. Landry Parish and remained on the LaGrange family property for well over one hundred years. In 1984, it was sold and moved to Grand Coteau to be used as an artist’s studio. In 1988 Vermilionville, Lafayette’s Living History Museum & Folklife Park, purchased the structure and moved it to its present location inside the park. Today, it serves as an example of what a priest’s living quarters would have looked like in the early 1800s. 83 JUDICE INN 3134 Johnston Street Local Historic Property #65 Built: 1947 Style: Vernacular Commercial Designated: September 15, 2005 This small-town burger shop has been owned by the Judice family from the time of its construction to present day. It has become an icon in Lafayette, and for most of its early existence was “the” popular social scene for college students. The tiny restaurant was built at the outer edge of the city limits on Judice family property. It has a long history of regulars, many of whom have become prominent in Lafayette business and civic circles. Photos of early Judice Inn regulars are still proudly displayed in the dining area. Judice brothers, Marc and Alcide, built the building in their spare time while working full-time jobs elsewhere. Although the building is considered a simple, commercial vernacular building with streamline modern influences, it represents a widely cherished part of Lafayette’s commercial history.

84 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties OSCAR DAIGLE HOUSE 512 West Convent Street Local Historic Property #66 Built: circa 1921 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: September 15, 2005 Oscar Daigle House is a fine example of Queen Anne Revival homes found in South Louisiana. Mr. Oscar Daigle was the son of former Louisiana Senator, François Daigle. Oscar Daigle Plantation, according to Daigle family members, was located near University Avenue and Congress Street, and extended northward beyond Interstate Highway 10. Its northeasterly edge was near Moss Street extending westward to Scott. Senator François Daigle owned adjacent property extending westward to the Mermentau River. After selling much of his plantation property, Oscar Daigle built this house for his family. Courthouse records confirm that the house was originally located on the property where Lafayette City Hall now exists and was moved across University to Convent Street after the property was sold to Sears and Roebuck Co. Mr. Oscar Daigle and his wife, Eliza Landry Daigle, had seventeen children. Many of their children chose vocations within the Catholic Church, and one granddaughter, Mrs. Lois Daigle Breaux, became the wife of Louisiana’s former U. S. Senator, John Breaux. 85 COURET HOUSE 2763 N. W. Evangeline Thruway Local Historic Property #67 Built: circa 1832 Style: French Creole Designated: September 15, 2005 Couret House was named for Clemance Bernard Couret, the granddaughter of the original owner. This structure has two histories. First, the top portion of this house was originally located close to the Vermilion River, near Pont des Mouton Road, and was owned by Jean Louis Bernard. Estimates put the date of construction in the 1790s. The circa 1790s structure was a French Creole style house with deep galleries on both the front and rear façades, similar to the Alexandre Latiolais house shown on page 26 of this book. The second history begins around 1832 when Jean Louis’ son, Gerazin Bernard, inherited the structure and the surrounding farmland, moved the building to its present location, and added the masonry first floor. The walls of the first floor are twelve to eighteen inches thick, typical of briquette-entre-poteaux construction, one method of wall construction used by early Acadians to keep the interior cool during summer and retain heat during winter. 86 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties PRUDHOMME-BEGNAUD HOUSE 708 Jefferson Boulevard Local Historic Property #68 Built: circa 1906 Style: Colonial Revival Designated: September 15, 2005

Prudhomme-Begnaud House, built by Gaston Mouisset to serve as Andrew Prudhomme’s residence sometime between 1903 and 1906, was designed in the style considered at the time to be of truly American origin, Colonial Revival. Built during a time of extreme patriotism and a desire to romanticize the days prior to the Civil War, many Colonial Revival homes began to bear a striking resemblance to antebellum Greek Revival structures of the early to mid 1800’s. In 1941 Mr. Prudhomme sold the house to Louis Begnaud. Mr. Louis Begnaud is well known as the founder of the Mellow Joy Coffee Company in Lafayette. Today, the Prudhomme-Begnaud House serves as an holistic mind/body wellness center called the Camelia House.

87 CARVER HOUSE 114 Florida Court Local Historic Property #69 Built: 1929 Style: English Cottage Revival Designated: June 15, 2006 Carver House is one of the four original houses built in Arbolada. It was named for the original owner, Mrs. C. Ralph Carver, who was the sister of Dr. L. O. Clark, one of the four developers of the subdivision. The style of the house resembles the picturesque look of an old world European cottage, consistent with the developer’s vision. Arbolada is Lafayette’s first development that was designed to create a sense of “place”. Although the original theme was Spanish Colonial Revival, European Revivalism styles were accepted. Spanish street names, a fountain at the entrance, streets lined with palm trees and neighborhood restrictions were intended to augment the romantic look of the subdivision. Five years after Arbolada was purchased for development, The Great Depression hindered property sales throughout the country. Today, only four houses remain true to the original vision of Arbolada’s developers.

88 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties DR. JOHN & EDITH MILES HOUSE 614 Calder Street Local Historic Property #70 Built: 1948 Style: Colonial Revival Designated: September 21, 2006

Dr. John and Edith Miles’ Colonial Revival house was built with salvaged lumber from the original French Creole structure on site and also with lumber taken from the old barracks discarded at Fort Polk. There is a bomb shelter located on the property that is still in tact today. The bomb shelter is one of the few built in Lafayette at the height of the Cold War era. Dr. John and Edith Miles House is one of the many historic properties in Elmhurst Park historic subdivision. In 1938, the property was sold to Edith de Gravelle Miles, Dr. Miles’ wife. At that time it included a one-story French Creole structure facing Saint John Street. In 1948, the original house was completely reconfigured, the entrance was changed to face Calder Street, and the structure was enlarged to its present grandeur. The house remained in the Miles family until 1981. 89 LAFAYETTE’S SECOND CITY HALL 735 Jefferson Street Local Historic Property #71 Built: 1939 Style: Art Deco Designated: August 16, 2007 The Federal Public Works Administration, one of President Roosevelt’s New Deal Agencies, constructed a replacement city hall building for Lafayette in 1939. Property was acquired from the Lafayette School Board, and a progressive, Art Deco style building was designed for the center of downtown. The building site location signifies Lafayette’s expansion of development southward toward the Oil Center and down Johnston Street toward Lafayette Central Park and Judice Inn. As the city expanded, Lafayette’s Downtown central core shifted closer to the University. During the previous century, downtown had shifted northward from being centered on the Parish Courthouse and St. John Cathedral to being focused around the railroad depot. Due to the growth of business and developments associated with becoming central hub for the Attakapas Prairie for distribution of goods and services, Lafayette had become poised to become a service center for Louisiana’s burgeoning fossil fuel industry. 90 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties EMELIE JUDICE MOUTON HOUSE 215 Versailles Boulevard Local Historic Property #72 Built: 1908 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: March 20, 2008 Gertrude Scranton Judice bequeathed this property, known then as part of Souvenir Plantation, to her daughter, Emelie Alix Judice. Emelie was the wife of the grandson of former Governor Alexandre Mouton, Jean Alfred Mouton, Sr. She built the house in 1908, and the home served the family for several generations. In the late 1920s, the structure was rotated 180 degrees to face the newly-built street known today as Versailles Boulevard. This house inarguably possesses one of the largest turrets in Lafayette, and while not the finest example of Queen Anne style design, the structure draws its importance from the families associated with it. The Jean Alfred Mouton family played a significant role in the development of the original town of Vermilionville, and through the years, the City of Lafayette. The Judice Family played a significant role in the development of Scott, Judice, and Duson, and an even more significant role in the education of children living in rural areas of Lafayette Parish. 91 CUNNINGHAM HOUSE 120 Clark Court Local Register Property #73 Built: 1926 Style: Eclectic Revivalism Designated: April 17, 2008 The Cunningham House is one of the four original houses in Arbolada, designed to evoke an Old World European Revival aesthetic intended by the developers. Arbolada is Lafayette’s first “planned” neighborhood and was initially designed with a Spanish Revival theme. Acceptable home designs also included styles of English Cottage Revival, Tudor Revival, and Eclectic Revivalism. Cunningham house has windows and a chimney resembling those of an Old English cottage with decorative motifs and a stucco finish evoking a Spanish Revival appearance. The house is named after the original owner, Mrs. Lillian Avey, wife of Robert C. Cunningham. There are three other houses in this neighborhood designed with a Revivalism style, the L.O. Clark House shown on page 53 of this book, the Carver House shown on page 88, and the Dr. Louis B. Long House, shown on page 105. Arbolada’s original developers were Dr. L. O. Clark, Mr. Ben Williams, Mr. Albert S. Storm, and Mr. Orrin B Hopkins. In 1924, they purchased the property for the development from Mr. Crow Girard for $13,000. 92 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties GRADO BUILDING 631 Jefferson Street Local Historic Property #74 Built: circa 1890 Style: Commercial Vernacular Designated: May 15, 2008 Grado Building was once a residence built on the edge of the new development that formed the town of Vermilionville, now Downtown Lafayette. At the time it was built, the 600 block of Jefferson Street was mostly residential. By 1915, when brothers Leonardo and Vincenza Grado purchased the property, there was a robust demand for commercial space downtown. In 1922 the Grados converted the Creole cottage into a mixed use commercial front with living space in the back. This conversion to commercial use is historically significant in that it marks the beginning of the shift of the focus of Lafayette’s Downtown development from the railroad depot area, southward toward the University. The property has remained in the Grado family since that time. Grado building is associated with a number of successful Lafayette businesses that began operations there, most notably Paul’s Jewelry, Chris’ Po-Boys, and presently, Pamplona Tapas Restaurant and Bar. Happily, all are avid supporters of Lafayette’s historic preservation efforts. 93 CIRCA 1901 HOUSE 523 Saint Julien Avenue Local Historic Property #75 Built: circa 1901 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: September 17, 2008 This quaint Queen Anne structure was built on Second Street by the Southern Railroad Company for Mrs. Quinlan. It was designed with a typical Victorian layout. The design exemplifies how industrialization, mass production of architectural elements and railroad transportation changed the type of housing that could be afforded by the middle class. In 2005 the house was moved to its present location by its new owner, Cathy LeBlanc. After the move, Ms. LeBlanc restored and furnished the house with many reproduction fixtures, carefully matching the Victorian decor. The exterior pastel pink and cream color scheme she chose is characteristic of the Queen Anne style. Original wood floors, windows and exterior doors were retained during restoration, and the guest bedroom still contains the original claw-foot bathtub.

94 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties FOURNET HOUSE 111 Dunreath Street Local Historic Property #76 Built: 1919 Style: Eclectic Designated: April 17, 2008 Mr. Joseph S. Voorhies constructed this house in 1919 and sold it within three months. Mr. Oswald Fournet and his wife, Eva Marie Fournet, purchased the house, and it remained in the Fournet family for sixty-eight years. The house was built with a “Sears Kit”, a catalogue-purchased house kit, complete with plans, pre-cut materials, supplies, hardware and instructions. The concept of mass-produced housing of this kind was considered modern and desirable. Kit homes were manufactured in large quantities to keep costs low and made new houses accessible to many people. Many consider Sears, Roebuck & Company the innovator of the modern tract home and the creator of some of the larger original suburban neighborhoods. 95 SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH EXCHANGE 100 Central Avenue Local Historic Property #77 Built: 1928 Style: Commercial Vernacular Designated: September 24, 2009 In 1927, Lafayette experienced fast growth and high demand for new technology, the telephone. This building was one of the results of that growth. After the city had tripled in population within a year, mostly due to the 1927 flood that displaced many people, construction began on the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Exchange building. The building was designed by architects Marye, Alger and Vineur with associate architect, R. Spencer. Construction took only six months, and it was completed on the anniversary of Thomas Edison’s birthday, February 11, 1928. The Telephone Exchange is located on the corner of Buchanan Street and Central Avenue. It was a modern facility, which was rare in southern Louisiana at the time. The structure remains architecturally unchanged on the exterior, appearing very much the same since its construction. 96 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties NICKERSON-CHAPPUIS HOUSE 631 East Simcoe Street Local Historic Property #78 Built: 1931 Style: American Bungalow Designated: September 24, 2009

Arguably one of the largest and most welcoming American Bungalow homes in Lafayette, this gem has the rare distinction of belonging to the family credited with its construction for over 80 years. Both the Nickerson and Chappuis families have significant histories in Lafayette. This beautiful Arts & Crafts style bungalow on Simcoe Street was built by John Cameron Nickerson and son-in-law, Wick B. Vernard, at the Vernard sawmill in McNary, near Alexandria, Louisiana. It was then moved via water transport to Lafayette. John Cameron’s father, John Nickerson, built the house next door at 310 North Sterling Street around 1890. Simcoe Street was named sometime between 1890 and 1901 for the Nickerson family’s home town, Simcoe Ontario, Canada. John Nickerson and his wife, Elizabeth Ransome Nickerson, moved from Simcoe to Lafayette in 1878 when their son, John Cameron Nickerson, was 18 years old.

97 HEYMANN FOOD CENTER 201 E. Congress Street Local Historic Property #79 Built: 1935 Style: Art Deco Designated: September 24, 2009 Mr. Maurice Heymann opened the Heymann Food Center in 1937 in the middle of the Great Depression, at a time when opening a business would have been difficult to finance. The Heymann Food Center was the largest grocery store in the area until the end of the 1980s. It was considered the first “Supermarket” in Lafayette. Mr. Heymann offered items below cost and on many occasions held customers’ checks until they were able to access their funds. During World War II, the Heymann Food Center actively participated in rationing and offered bonuses for returning empty bottles, cans and tubes. Today, the building serves as The Children’s Museum of Acadiana (CMA) , a hands- on participatory museum serving children and their families, schools, and community organizations by providing interactive exhibits, special services, performances, and workshops.

98 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties COLOMB-CHAUVIN HOUSE 424 East Vermilion Street Local Historic Property #80 Built: 1921 Style: Bungalow Designated: September 16, 2010 The Colomb-Chauvin House is a single-story American Bungalow home, a style made popular by the American Arts and Crafts movement in California in the early 1900s. Elements characteristic of the Bungalow style are the large overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends and a full width front porch supported by tapering columns on square concrete piers. The structure derives its name from the Colomb family and the Chauvin family, original owners through 2013. The majority of the house was constructed of cypress, including the siding on the exterior façades. The building is now home to Svendson Studios, an Art gallery featuring work by Lue Svendson and photography by Eric Svendson. Louisiana native Lue Svendson is a painter and a landscape architect. Lue’s work in paint and nature exist world wide in Dubai, Costa Rica and the United States. 99 MOSS HOUSE 212 Saint Charles Street Local Historic Property #81 Built:circa 1904 Style:Queen Anne Revival Designated:October 21, 2010 Small neighborhoods were developed around railroad stations following the growth of the railroad in the late 1800’s. In 1902, portions of the area near Lafayette’s train depot were subdivided as part of the Nickerson Addition. Moss House was built around 1904 and was one of the first houses in the new subdivision. It was purchased in 1936 by Jefferson Moss, and later in 1947, by his nephew A. J. Moss, Jr. and his wife, Jeanne. The couple raised their three children in the house and occupied the home for over half a century until, in 2003, it was sold to its current owner. A key feature of the Queen Anne style is the abundant use of embellishments such as the pierced aprons on all gables and the fish scale siding on the larger dormer window. The detached porch is upheld by four evenly spaced Greek-revival concrete columns. These were added later, replacing the original, delicate, turned-wood posts. Some time after the Queen Anne Style’s popularity waned, the Colonial Revival style became fashionable, and people began to fancy the look of pre-Civil War antebellum homes. 100 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties TRIBUNE BUILDING 210 - 214 East Vermilion Street Local Historic Property #82 Built: 1928 Style: Eclectic Revivalism Designated: February 17, 2011

Tribune building was named for Tribune Printing, the long-term and much beloved tenant associated with the building. It was built by four-term Louisiana State Senator, Dudley J. LeBlanc, to bottle his famous Hadacol product. The building style was designed to resemble Italianate commercial structures that were popular in the late 1800s. The design included a mixture of styles. Eclectic mix of modern elements coupled with Italian Renaissance-like ornamentation, such as fanciful brickwork in contrasting patterns and relief panels gives the building its style designation. Eclecticism offered the flexibility to adapt and blend architectural elements freely between various historic styles and as such, offered creative appeal to 20th century clients and designers. Tribune Building is now home to friends of historic preservation: The French Press Restaurant, Hub City Cycles, and Geneterie Supply Co. 101 GARFIELD HOUSE 402 Garfield Street Local Historic Property #83 Built: circa 1890 Style: American Foursquare Designated: February 17, 2011 The Garfield House was constructed in the late 1800s, and although the lot was located blocks away from the center of Vermilionville at the time, it was considered the “outskirts” of town. The building’s tiny lot size appealed to the more simple design of the American Foursquare style. Although very much a Foursquare, Craftsman-style house, it has both Victorian and post-Victorian elements as well. The two-story polygonal bay window, two-story gallery, and multi-level roof line are more reminiscent of the earlier Victorian styles. Current owners, Angelle Gooding and her husband, Jeremiah Gooding, have carefully restored the house to its original design. The building is now home of Esprit de Coeur, an event and catering facility. 102 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties SAINT ANN’S INFIRMARY 1317 Jefferson Street Local Historic Property #84 Built: 1937 Style: Eclectic Revivalism Designated: February 17, 2011 Saint Ann’s Infirmary is an important building in Lafayette’s history because of both the prominence of the family that founded the clinic and also the benevolent medical service it provides the Community. It was founded in 1937 by the Saloom family and has the distinction of being Lafayette’s oldest continuously-run medical facility. Saint Ann’s Infirmary is responsible for several “firsts” in Lafayette. Located in the historic subdivision, “Freetown”, it became the first medical facility in Lafayette to accept African American patients. Lafayette’s first licensed architect, Mr. Bowen, designed the building, and Lafayette’s first apothecary, Dr. Butler, supplied the facility. The building falls under the style associated with the Eclectic movement, occurring between 1880 and 1940. Inspiration from the Italianate style of the early 1800s is made evident by the prominent quoins at the front corners, Roman arches at the windows and doors, and exterior “crown molding” along the front façade.

103 GIVENS TOWNHOUSE 324 North Sterling Street Local Historic Property #85 Built: 1893 Style: Eastlake Designated: March 15, 2012 Givens Townhouse was built by Sarah Lyle “Sallie” Torian. Sallie grew up on her family’s sugar plantations near Pat- terson, Louisiana during the 1800’s. She was married shortly after the Civil War and moved to Corpus Christi, Texas where her husband, John S. Givens, practiced law and served as a Judge. When her husband died in 1887, Sallie moved back with her three children to Lafayette to be close to her two brothers. After visiting Lake Charles, Sallie decided to build a replica of an Eastlake house she had seen there, a very popular style during the late 1800’s. Eastlake is a type of Queen Anne Revival Victorian architecture that achieved a picturesque look through irregularity, both in form and surface texture. Being a high-spirited expression, homes built in this style used “wild” silhouettes, such as multiple gables, bays, and balconies with turnings and pierced wood. 104 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties DR. LOUIS B. LONG HOUSE 115 Florida Court Local Historic Property #86 Built: 1929 Style: English Tudor Revival Designated: March 15, 2012 This house was built for Dr. Louis Bernard Long and his wife, Jeanne Comeaux Long. It was one of the original structures built in Arbolada Addition, the first “planned” residential development in Lafayette. The house was designed by architect, Frederick J. Nehrbass, a prominent Architect of the time, and constructed by J. B. Mouton, an influential businessman in Lafayette’s real estate and construction industry. The house draws heavily on Medieval English precedents and is typical of the English Tudor Revival homes of the 1920s and 1930s, with its steeply-pitched, front-facing, multi-gabled roof line and its ornamental false half-timbering. Other Tudor-Revival elements include the thickly-cased windows with multiple small panes, the prominent entrance gable, the four-centered arch at the front door, and a prominent front chimney. The design evokes the picturesque look of a quaint, Old English cottage, which at the time was very popular and also consistent with the aesthetic initially intended for Arbolada Subdivision. 105 KELLER’S BAKERY 1012 Jefferson Street Local Historic Property #87 Built: 1948 Style: Modern Designated: March 15, 2012 The Kellers were bakers in the Alsace region of France before they arrived in America in the 1760s. Mr. Victor Keller, the great grandfather of the current owner of Keller’s Bakery in Lafayette, opened the first Keller’s Bakery in Abbeville in 1885. Keller’s in Lafayette opened in 1929 under the ownership of Victor’s son and daughter-in-law, Fenwick and Eleanor Dyer Keller. In 1948 they built Keller’s Bakery at 1012 Jefferson Street, and today the business and building are owned by Fenwick’s grandson, Kenneth. Reminiscent of the Keller family’s European roots, their residence is on the second floor. While the Modern style has many variants, architectural characteristics of the Keller’s Bakery building are consistent with styles of the 1940s. Modern elements include the round and ribbon windows on the second floor, the multiple-level roof line, windows flush with the exterior building skin, and a form that follows the building’s function, rather than historic precedent. 106 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties FRANK JEANMARD HOUSE 202 Dunreath Street Local Historic Property #88 Built: circa 1910 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: October 18, 2012 Frank Jeanmard House is named for the man who built the house and lived there throughout his life. He was the brother of the Diocese of Lafayette’s first Roman Catholic Bishop, His Excellency, The Right Reverend Bishop Jules Jeanmard. Frank Jeanmard was President of, and was employed throughout the entirety of his career at Home Savings and Loan Association; which first opened in Lafayette in 1908 and is now operating as Home Bank. The house was designed for durability and is made almost entirely of tongue and groove cypress. The Jeanmard’s youngest daughter, Anna Marie Jeanmard Thibeaux, recalls when her neighbors, knowing the durability with which the house was constructed, sought shelter during hurricanes at her parents’ house. The house is a distinctively Queen Anne Revival style, very popular from the 1880s through the 1920s. Queen Anne Revival elements include the asymmetrical façade, multi- gabled roof line, wrap-around front porch, wrap-around sun room, and decorative window mullions. Another gem from the turn of the century can be found in the rear of the property, the original water trough used by the family’s milk cow.

107 MAISON ACADIENNE (ALSO KNOWN AS MOUTON SCHOOL HOUSE) 300 Fisher Road Local Historic Property #89 Built: circa 1850 Style: French Creole Designated: February 21, 2013 Maison Acadienne originated on a plantation near Carencro, owned by Francois and Antoine Emile Mouton. An outstanding example of double-pen, Acadian style, colombage and bousillage construction, the structure is believed to have been built for use as a slave quarters. Evidence confirms the building was later used as a school house for the Mouton children and those on surrounding Plantations. Both Guidroz and Bernard family children attended the school, and one of its teachers was Alexandre Barde, who in 1861, wrote the renowned book: “Histoire des Comités de Vigilance aux Attakapas”. In 1954, Mouton heir, Mrs. Charles E. Hamilton, purchased the building and moved it to her property at 704 North University Avenue to serve as an Acadian Museum in time for the of the 200th- year commemoration of the Acadian’s expulsion from Nova Scotia. In 1989, the building was donated to Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park and was carefully restored to the condition of the original structure. It now serves as one of the many exhibits on early Acadian life. 108 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties DR. THOMAS B. HOPKINS HOUSE 317 South Pierce Street Local Historic Property #90 Built: circa 1902 Style: French Colonial Designated: March 21, 2013

The property on which this house sits was once part of the Charles Homer Mouton Plantation located north of the town of Vermilionville. The house was most notably occupied by Dr. Thomas Benjamin Hopkins, a physician and Civil War veteran who in 1866, moved to Vermilionville and purchased the house and the surrounding 200 hundred arpents of land from Mr. Ursin Patin. Dr. Hopkins’ heirs reported that the house originated as a circa 1815 bousillage structure from Boscoe, Louisiana. It was moved by Mr. Ursin Patin in 1850 to West Simcoe and South Pierce Streets. For historic purposes, the structure was given the circa 1902 date to reflect the changes made when the house was moved again a half block north of the circa 1850 location. It was moved when Dr. Hopkins developed the surrounding 20 arpents into an early suburb of downtown called Hopkins Addition. The structure’s front dormers and a few windows were modified in 1902 to reflect the Arts & Crafts style that became popular at that time. 109 JUDICE MIDDLE SCHOOL 2645 South Fieldspan Road Local Historic Property #91 Built: 1929 Style: Jacobean Revival Designated: March 21, 2013

Judice High School, now called Judice Middle School, was named for Mr. Alcide Judice, a businessman from Scott who contributed greatly to various causes in Lafayette Parish. One of his goals was to provide schools in the rural parts of Lafayette Parish. Transportation to the school was provided by four wagons in the early days. For those students, breaks from school were scheduled during cultivating and harvesting times on surrounding farms. Other breaks were provided at the beginning of a particular hunting season. Jacobean Revival style public school buildings in the early twentieth century were inspired by Ivy League University buildings like those at Cambridge University. The Jacobean style uses columns and pilasters, round-arches, and flat roofs with openwork parapets, mixed with rustic stone work and ornamental details of scrolls, straps, and lozenges, mostly characteristic of Elizabethan design. 110 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties McFADDIN HOUSE 351 Elizabeth Avenue Local Historic Property #92 Built: circa 1904 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: April 18, 2013 The property where this house is located was originally part of Charles Homer Mouton’s Plantation. The house on this property is believed to have been built shortly after the property was purchased from George M. Snodgrass early in 1904 for $300. Thomas T. McFaddin and Robert H. McFaddin were sons of Judge Theodore Alexander McFaddin, (1842-1916). Judge McFaddin was the first Justice of the Peace in the town of Vermilionville when that office first opened in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. McFaddin were also one of the original founding members of the Presbyterian Church of Vermilionville, organized in 1875. Robert H. McFaddin was an unmarried and well known owner of the corner grocery store that was located near Saint John Cathedral. Thomas T. McFaddin was married to Mary Eugenia Bradley, and they had no children. 111 JOHN NICKERSON HOUSE 310 North Sterling Street Local Historic Property #93 Built: circa 1891 Style: Queen Anne Revival Designated: April 18, 2013 This beautiful Victorian style home was built circa 1891 on property that was originally part of the Charles Homer Mouton Plantation. It was built by John Nickerson, an architect from Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, on a two-acre tract located at what was then the edge of town. John Nickerson designed the structure and contracted two Canadian carpenters to build it. Simcoe Street was named by John Nickerson. John, his wife Elizabeth Ransome Nickerson, and their children were the home’s original occupants. In 1900, John Nickerson’s son, John Cameron Nickerson, married Isabelle Judice, whose family founded the Town of Scott. They became the second generation to occupy the house. John and Isabelle’s daughter, Bella Nickerson, married World War II Veteran, Richard Chappuis, and their family became the third and fourth generations to live in the house. The Nickerson, Judice and Chappuis families have all made many significant contributions to Lafayette’s civic, cultural, educational, and economic development. 112 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties JOHN MONTGOMERY HOUSE 120 Dunreath Street Local Historic Property #94 Built: circa 1910 Style: American Bungalow Designated: April 18, 2013

This house was built by John McKenzie Montgomery, (1886- 1944), who married Nora Feray, (1886-1978). John was the son of Samuel James Montgomery, a Civil War veteran who moved to this area in 1867 and purchased Loudon Plantation, located southwest of town, near present-day Lafayette High School. The Samuel James Montgomery family, is the namesake for S. J. Montgomery Elementary School. Samuel’s son John, the owner of this house, was a pharmacist who operated a drug store in Lafayette throughout most of the 1900s. This house remains true to its Arts & Crafts style, retaining the original windows, doors, tongue and groove construction and other period detailing. The front elevation differs slightly due to modification of the front porch columns during restoration. 113 MAISON REVILLON Formerly “Daigle House” 1012 South Washington Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #95 Built: circa 1880 Style: Greek Revival Designated: September 19, 2013 Maison Revillon, a Greek Revival cottage, was built by Jules Revillon. The house is situated in the same block where Jules’ father, Joaquim Revillon’s feed and farm equipment store was located. Jules was a well-known merchant and builder in Lafayette during the later 1800s and was a significant participant in civic affairs. Around 1840, Jules and his wife arrived here from France. They became grandparents of Lafayette’s Mrs. Paul Krauss. Krauss family members are known to have recounted stories handed down by Jules’ father Joaquim, about his close friendship with Napoleon Bonaparte. Maison Revillon is architecturally significant within the context of Lafayette Parish because it is an impressive example of a Creole galleried cottage that retains its original Greek Revival form and detailing. It is one of only eight structures of similar style that retains its original entablature and Doric posts, and is one of only two examples of a Creole cottage featuring Greek Revival dormers with pediments and pilasters. 114 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties EVANGELINE HOTEL 302 Jefferson Street NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY Local Historic Property #96 Built: 1928 Style: Italian Renaissance Revival Designated: September 19, 2013 Evangeline Hotel was built in 1928 by the Down Town Real Estate Corporation, which at the time was headed by A. C. Glassell, a major hotel investor in North Louisiana. For over 35 years after its initial opening, Evangeline Hotel was an integral part of Lafayette’s business, social, civic and tourist activity. Being the largest, most modern hotel in town and located two blocks from the train depot, it was the place to stay during visits to the area. In fact, celebrities such as Elvis Presley and actor, Ronald Reagan, stayed at the hotel. In the late 1940’s or early 1950’s the hotel was expanded by about a third. In 1995 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today it serves as an independent living facility for the elderly. 115 SAINT PAUL CONVENT 518 Hopkins Street Local Historic Property #97 Built: 1919 Style: American Foursquare Designated: May 15, 2014

Saint Paul Convent was built in 1919 for a religious order, the Sisters of the Holy Family. The historic significance of this building includes Marie Henriette Delille, a fourth-generation free woman of color, and founder of the religious order. Holy Family Sisters moved to Lafayette in 1903, and began teaching classical Catholic education to African-Americans in Lafayette. The children learned academics and music. Previously, schools for African-American students taught only basic education for domestic and manual labor jobs. Marie Henriette Delille and co-founders of the religious order, Juliette Gaudin and Josephine Charles, were dedicated to the education of African-Americans. They also bravely spoke out against the system of plaçage, a contractual extra-marital arrangement between young women of color and married wealthy white men. They were opposed to Plaçage, because it was a violation of the Catholic Sacrament of Holy Matrimony. 116 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties GOOD HOPE CHAPEL 301 E. Convent Street Local Historic Property #98 Built: 1950 Style: Gothic Revival Designated: May 15, 2014 In 1950, Our Lady of Good Hope Chapel was built by the first African American Catholic Parish, Saint Paul the Apostle Church, serving parishioners living in Freetown, Port Rico and Mills Addition historic neighborhoods. Prior building the Good Hope Chapel, Catholic services were held in the historic, Good Hope Hall, located behind the Chapel. Of significant importance to Lafayette is the history of the “Freetown” neighborhood a history beginning years before the sale of the Louisiana Purchase to the United States. Prior to joining the U. S., when it was legal for slaves to purchase their freedom with the exchange of either work or goods, communities of free persons of color like Freetown, emerged throughout the area. By the end of the Civil War, the many freed persons of color who had long settled in “Freetown”, graciously shared with their newly-freed neighbors, the knowledge of how to make a living. These original “Freetown” families included the Martins, James, Moutons, Figaros, Cocos, and others whose influence was significant to the development of Acadiana. 117 MAURICE POLLINGUE HOUSE 126 Dunreath Street Local Historic Property #99 Built: circa 1910 Style: American Bungalow Designated: June 19, 2014 Maurice Pollingue House was named for the man who built the house. Maurice Ignace Pollingue was born in 1875 in Saint Landry Parish, the son of Maurice Pollingue, Sr., who was born in France in 1833 and served as First Lieutenant in the Civil War in Vermillion Parish’s 18th Regiment. Young Maurice moved into the house in Elmhurst Park around 1910 with his wife, Pearl, and their five-year-old daughter. He taught piano at the new technical school, predecessor to UL Lafayette called Southwest Louisiana Industrial Institute. After the Institute was established in 1900, Dr. Felix Girard, sold a portion of his property, located across Johnston Street from the Institute, to George T. Hedges of Cedar Rapids Iowa for $20,000. Mr. Hedges developed the property into Elmhurst Park Addition Subdivision which provided much- needed, conveniently-located lots for residences near the school. By 1910, streets were built and lots throughout the new development were being sold for residential use. 118 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties GEORGE BERNARD HOUSE 221 Dunreath Street Local Historic Property #100 Built: circa 1919 Style: American Bungalow Designated: June 19, 2014

George Bernard built this house as a family residence after residing in a smaller house on the same property for six years. In 1913 he purchased two lots and the smaller house. In 1919 he purchased five additional lots and built this fine example of a Craftsman-style American Bungalow. It has the customary, low-pitched gabled roof with triangular-shaped roof supports and expansive front porch with tapered wood columns on masonry piers. Other Craftsman-style elements include the slatted windows at the main gable and the trellis- covered side porch. An addition was made to the front right side, and the front door and windows were changed. These modifications were done with a close equivalency of period materials and similar construction methods. Because the house is relatively unchanged from its original appearance, it remains an excellent example of the style of house built in the early 1900s for residents in Historic Elmhurst Park. 119 LOUIS & MILDRED MANN HOUSE 314 Dunreath Street Local Historic Property #101 Built: 1937 Style: English Cottage Revival Designated: June 19, 2014 Louis Marks Mann built this house for his wife, Mildred Pons Mann, and their five year old son, Louis Benjamin Mann. In 1937 Louis Marks Mann moved from New Orleans to Lafayette to open the new Lafayette Auto Parts store located at that time in the historic Lafayette Hardware Building. Louis operated the Lafayette Auto Parts store until his death in 1948. Later, his son, Louis Benjamin Mann, married Elaine Louviere, the daughter of Larry J. Louviere, who was owner of Louisiana Motors located on Simcoe Street in Lafayette. Together, Louis Benjamin Mann and Larry J. Louviere owned and operated Louisiana Motors for a total of seventy-two years inclusively. Elaine Louviere Mann founded Elaine Mann School of Dance in Lafayette and taught dance for forty years during the latter half of the twentieth century. The house has been occupied by the Mann family since its construction, and the original construction and all subsequent work on the house has been done by four generations of the Ducharme Brothers Construction Company.

120 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties LAFAYETTE WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANY WAREHOUSE 333 Monroe Street Local Historic Property #102 Built: circa 1926 Style: Commercial Vernacular Designated: February 19, 2015

Lafayette Wholesale Grocery Company Warehouse represents Lafayette’s growth from a small frontier village to a modern center of distribution and services. The masonry and timber structure typifies historic commercial warehouses built in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The architectural style is historically significant in that it is one of only a few surviving structures of its type in Lafayette. After 1880, prosperous businesses near the newly-completed railroad bustled with business activities for the surrounding Attakapas Prairie. Lafayette Wholesale Grocery Building was built on property that had recently been outgrown by the Lafayette Lumber Company. Today, it serves as “live- work” apartments for artists. Architect, Glenn Angelle, carefully designed details to respect and showcase the historic elements of building. Careful placement of new walls allows the original structure to remain visible. A modern storefront entrance fits the geometry of the original warehouse door in that opening. An original, small overhead door has no use today, and remains in place as an aesthetic. 121 Historic & Preservation Resources

Preservation Alliance of Lafayette: preservinglafayette.org and Facebook: Preservation Alliance of Lafayette

Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation: crt.state.la.us/cultural-development/historic-preservation/

National Trust for Historic Preservation: preservationnation.org

New Acadia Archeological Project: http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mar4160/nap.html and Facebook: Projet Nouvelle-Acadie/New Acadia Project

Acadian Heritage and Culture Foundation: http://www.acadian-cajun.com/musee.htm

Lafayette Genealogical Society: http://lafayettegenealogicalsociety.org/index.htm Facebook: Lafayette Genealogical Society

Bayou Vermilion District and Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park: http://www.bayouvermiliondistrict.org/

T.E.C.H.E Project website: http://techeproject.org/bayou-teche-paddle-trail/history-culture/

Historic American Newspapers from 1836 to 1922 digitized: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Louisiana Digital Library: http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/index.php?browseby=name

Initiative of the Public History Program of UL Lafayette: http://acadianahistorical.org/

Lafayette Consolidated Government Historic Buildings Photo Gallery: http://www.lafayettela.gov/PZD/Zoning/Pages/Historic-Building- Photos.aspx LIST OF MAPS

Lafayette Parish Overview ...... 124

Central Lafayette Overview ...... 125

North Lafayette Parish Historic Properties ...... 126

South Lafayette Parish Historic Properties ...... 127

Pinhook Settlement and Vicinity ...... 128

Freetown, Port Rico And Vicinity ...... 129

Downtown ...... 130

Mills Addition And Sterling Grove ...... 132

Elmhurst Park and Vicinity ...... 134

Cornay Addition and Vicinity ...... 136

Vermilionville and Vicinity ...... 137

123 124 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties 125 126 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties 127 128 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties 129 130 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties 01 Hope Lodge #145, 1916, page 20 02 Alexandre Mouton House c.1800, page 21 03 Old Guaranty Bank, page 22 04 Old City Hall, 1898, page 23 05 First United Methodist Church, 1925, page 24 09 Saint John Cathedral, 1916, page 28 10 Saint John Rectory, 1921, page 29 11 Lafayette Hardware Store,1890, page 30 16 Chargois House, 1915, page 35 17 Caillouet House, c. 1896, page 36 19 Moss Building, 1906, page 38 21 Dr. J. D. Trahan House, c. 1869, page 40 25 Caffery House, c. 1886, page 44 30 Clayton Martin House, 1905, page 49 42 Dauterive House, 1919, page 61 48 Hamilton House, c. 1920, page 67 52 Poché Building, 1920, page 71 57 Lafayette Train Depot, 1911, page 76 58 Sans Souci, c. 1840, page 77 59 Maurice Heymann Building, 1925, page 78 66 Oscar Daigle House, c. 1912, page 85 71 Lafayette’s Second City Hall, 1939, page 90 74 Grado Building, c. 1890, page 93 77 Southern Bell Telephone, 1927, page 96 79 Heymann Food Store, 1935, page 98 80 Colomb-Chauvin House, 1921, page 99 82 Tribune Building, c. 1928, page 101 83 Garfield House, c.1890, page 102 87 Keller’s Bakery Building, 1948, page 106 95 Maison Revillon, c. 1880, page 114 96 Evangeline Hotel, 1928, page 115

131 132 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties 06 Charles Mouton Plantation House, c. 1820, page 25 18 Greenhouse Senior Center, c. 1900, page 37 23 Louis Bazin House, c., 1880, page 42 31 Koury Law Office, 1905, page 50 35 Jeanmard House, 1907, page 54 36 Walter Franklin Mills House, 1910, page 55 39 NP Moss School, 1925, page 58 41 Hanley-Gueno House, 1900, page 60 44 Barrios House, c. 1902, page 63 56 William Brandt House, c. 1870, page 75 68 Prudhomme-Begnaud House, c. 1906, page 68 78 Nickerson-Chappuis House, 1931, page 97 81 Moss House, c. 1910, page 100 85 Givens Townhouse, 1893, page 104 90 Dr. Thomas B. Hopkins House, c. 1902, page 109 92 McFaddin House, c. 1904, page 111 93 John Nickerson House, c. 1891, page 112 97 Saint Paul Convent, 1919, page 116 102 Lafayette Wholesale Grocery, circa 1926, page 121

133 134 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties 15 Yandle House, c. 1907, page 34 22 J. Arthur Roy House, 1901, page 41 27 Crow Girard House, 1928, page 46 28 Soulier House, 1916, page 47 29 Saucier-Barres House, 1917, page 48 32 Most Holy Sacrament Convent, 1924, page 51 33 1304 Saint John Street House, c. 1910, page 52 34 L. O. Clark House, 1927,page 53 37 Shady Brook House, 1912, page 56 38 Martin House, 1907, page 57 43 Saint Mary’s Orphanage, c. 1924, page 62 46 La Maison Française, c. 1920, page 65 48 Hamilton Place, c. 1920, page 67 55 Hohorst House, 1905, page 74 69 Dr. John & Edith Miles House, 1948, page 89 70 Carver House, 1929, page 88 73 Cunningham House, 1926, page 92 76 Fournet House, 1919, page 95 86 Dr. Louis B. Long House, 1929, page 105 88 Frank Jeanmard House, c. 1910, page 107 94 John Montgomery House, c. 1910, page 113 99 Maurice Pollingue House, c. 1910, page 118 100 George Bernard House, c. 1919, page 119 101 Louis & Mildred Mann House, 1937, page 120

135 136 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties 137 Congratulations to all who support our sponsors! Index by Property Name PROPERTY NAME ADDRESS PAGE 1304 Saint John Street House 1304 Saint John Street 52 Alexandre Latiolais House 900 E. Butcher Switch Road 26 Alexandre Mouton House 1122 Lafayette Street 21 Armand Broussard House 300 Fisher Road 79 Barrios House 411 N. Sterling Street 63 Café Vermilionville 1304 W. Pinhook Road 32 Caffery House 223 Garfield Street 44 Caillouet House 120 Caillouet Place 36 Carver House 114 Florida Court 88 Chargois House 309 Polk Street 35 Charles Mouton Plantation House 338 N. Sterling Street 25 Circa 1900 House 1300 Dugas Road 72 Circa 1901 House 523 Saint Julien Avenue 94 Clayton Martin House 416 W. Main Street 49 Colomb-Chauvin House 424 E. Vermilion Street 99 Couret House 2763 N. W. Evangeline Thruway 86 Crow Girard House 217 W. University Avenue 46 Cunningham House 120 Clark Court 92 Cypress House 203 Myrtle Place 45 Dauterive House 117 Caillouet Place 61 Denbo-Montgomery House 106 Verlander Circle 73 Dr. Fredrick Tolson House 840 Bourque Road 64 Dr. John & Edith Miles House 614 Calder Street 89 Dr. J. D. Trahan House 814 S. Washington Street 40 Dr. Louis B. Long House 115 Florida Court 105 Dr. Thomas B. Hopkins House 317 S. Pierce Street 109 Eloi Girard House 500 E. University Avenue 59 Emelie Judice Mouton House 215 Versailles Boulevard 91 Evangeline Hotel 302 Jefferson Street 115 First United Methodist Church 703 Lee Avenue 24 Fournet House 111 Dunreath Street 95 Frank Jeanmard House 202 Dunreath Street 107 Garfield House 402 Garfield Street 102 George Bernard House 221 Dunreath Street 119 Givens Townhouse 324 N. Sterling Street 104 Good Hope Chapel 301 E. Convent Street 117 Good Hope Hall 300 Stewart Street 33 Grado Building 631 Jefferson Street 93 Greenhouse Senior Center 110 N. E. Evangeline Thruway 37 Groheim 204 Versailles Boulevard 69 Hamilton Place 100 Hamilton Place 67 Hanley-Gueno House 406 N. Sterling Street 60 139 Index by Property Name PROPERTY NAME ADDRESS PAGE Heymann Food Store 201 E. Congress Street 98 Hohorst House 112 Azalea Street 74 Hope Lodge #145 116 E. Vermilion Street 20 J. Arthur Roy House 1204 Johnston Street 41 Jeanmard House 306 S. Pierce Street 54 Jean Baptiste Mouton House 310 Sidney Martin Road 27 John Montgomery House 120 Dunreath Street 113 John Nickerson House 310 North Sterling Street 112 Joseph Buller House 300 Fisher Road 82 Joseph Firnberg House 300 Fisher Road 81 Judice Inn 3134 Johnston Street 84 Judice Middle School 2645 S. Fieldspan Road 110 Keller’s Bakery 1012 Jefferson Street 106 Koury Law Office 120 E. Third Street 50 L. O. Clark House 112 Clark Court 53 La Maison Française 1511 Johnston Street 65 Lafayette Hardware Store 121 W. Vermilion Street 30 Lafayette Middle School 1301 W. University Avenue 31 Lafayette Train Depot 100 Lee Avenue 76 Lafayette’s Second City Hall 735 Jefferson Street 90 LaGrange Family House 300 Fisher Road 83 Levy-Leblanc House 111 Michael Allen Boulevard 43 Louis & Mildred Mann House 314 Dunreath Street 120 Louis Arceneaux House 300 Fisher Road 80 Louis Bazin House 210 N. Magnolia Street 42 Maison Acadienne 300 Fisher Road 108 Maison Revillon 1012 S. Washington Street 114 Martin House 112 Dunreath Street 57 Maurice Heymann Building 433 Jefferson Street 78 Maurice Pollingue House 126 Dunreath Street 118 McFaddin House 351 Elizabeth Avenue 111 Moss Building 557 Jefferson Street 38 Moss House 212 Saint Charles Street 100 Most Holy Sacrament Convent 409 W. Saint Mary Boulevard 51 N. P. Moss School 801 Mudd Avenue 58 Nickerson-Chappuis House 631 E. Simcoe Street 97 Old City Hall (La Vieille Mairie) 217 W. Main Street 23 Old Guaranty Bank 500 Jefferson Street 22 Oneziphore Comeaux House 1905 Verot School Road 39 Oscar Daigle House 512 W. Convent Street 85 Poché Building 201 W. Vermilion Street 71 Pollingue-Brown-Town House 323 E. University Avenue 68 140 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties Index by Property Name PROPERTY NAME ADDRESS PAGE Prudhomme-Begnaud House 708 Jefferson Boulevard 87 Saint Ann’s Infirmary 1317 Jefferson Street 103 Saint John Cathedral 914 Saint John Street 28 Saint John Rectory 515 Cathedral Street 29 Saint Mary’s Orphanage 605 W. Saint Mary Boulevard 62 Saint Paul Convent 518 Hopkins Street 116 Sans Souci 219 E. Vermilion Street 77 Saucier-Bares House 205 W. University Avenue 48 Shady Brook House 127 Cherry Street 56 Soulier House 1220 Johnston Street 47 Southern Bell Telephone Building 100 Central Avenue 96 Tribune Building 210-214 E. Vermilion Street 101 Walter Franklin Mills House 312 S. Pierce Street 55 Whitfield House 305 Failla Road 70 Whittington-Guerniere House 2250 Johnston Street 66 William Brandt House 614 Madison Street 75 Yandle House 200 Cherry Street 34

141 Index by Property Address ADDRESS PROPERTY NAME PAGE 100 Central Avenue Southern Bell Telephone Building 96 100 Hamilton Place Hamilton Place 67 100 Lee Avenue Lafayette Train Depot 76 106 Verlander Circle Denbo-Montgomery House 73 110 N. E. Evangeline Thruway Greenhouse Senior Center 37 111 Dunreath Street Fournet House 95 111 Michael Allen Boulevard Levy-Leblanc House 43 112 Azalea Street Hohorst House 74 112 Clark Court L. O. Clark House 53 112 Dunreath Street Martin House 57 114 Florida Court Carver House 88 115 Florida Court Dr. Louis B. Long House 105 116 E. Vermilion Street Hope Lodge #145 20 117 Caillouet Place Dauterive House 61 120 Caillouet Place Caillouet House 36 120 Clark Court Cunningham House 92 120 Dunreath Street John Montgomery House 113 120 E. Third Street Koury Law Office 50 121 W. Vermilion Street Lafayette Hardware Store 30 126 Dunreath Street Maurice Pollingue House 118 127 Cherry Street Shady Brook House 56 200 Cherry Street Yandle House 34 201 E. Congress Street Heymann Food Center 98 201 W. Vermilion Street Poché Building 71 202 Dunreath Street Frank Jeanmard House 107 203 Myrtle Place Cypress House 45 204 Versailles Boulevard Groheim 69 205 W. University Avenue Saucier-Bares House 48 210 N. Magnolia Street Louis Bazin House 42 212 Saint Charles Street Moss House 100 210-214 E. Vermilion Street Tribune Building 101 215 Versailles Boulevard Emelie Judice Mouton House 91 217 W. Main Street Old City Hall (La Vieille Mairie) 23 217 W. University Avenue Crow Girard House 46 219 E. Vermilion Street Sans Souci 77 221 Dunreath Street George Bernard House 119 223 Garfield Street Caffery House 44 300 Fisher Road Armand Broussard House 79 300 Fisher Road Joseph Buller House 82 300 Fisher Road Joseph Firnberg House 81 300 Fisher Road Lagrange Family House 83 300 Fisher Road Louis Arceneaux House 80 142 Lafayette City-Parish Register of Historic Properties Index by Property Address ADDRESS PROPERTY NAME PAGE 300 Fisher Road Maison Acadienne 108 300 Stewart Street Good Hope Hall 33 301 E. Convent Street Good Hope Chapel 117 302 Jefferson Street Evangeline Hotel 115 305 Failla Road Whitfield House 70 306 S. Pierce Street Jeanmard House 54 309 Polk Street Chargois House 35 310 Sidney Martin Road Jean Baptiste Mouton House 27 310 North Sterling Street John Nickerson House 112 312 S. Pierce Street Walter Franklin Mills House 55 314 Dunreath Street Louis & Mildred Mann House 120 317 S. Pierce Street Dr. Thomas B. Hopkins House 109 323 E. University Avenue Pollingue-Brown-Town House 68 324 N. Sterling Street Givens Townhouse 104 338 N. Sterling Street Charles Mouton Plantation House 25 351 Elizabeth Avenue McFaddin House 111 402 Garfield Street Garfield House 102 406 N. Sterling Street Hanley-Gueno House 60 409 W. Saint Mary Boulevard Most Holy Sacrament Convent 51 411 N. Sterling Street Barrios House 63 416 W. Main Street Clayton Martin House 49 424 E. Vermilion Street Colomb-Chauvin House 99 433 Jefferson Street Maurice Heymann Building 78 500 Jefferson Street Old Guaranty Bank 22 500 E. University Avenue Eloi Girard House 59 512 W. Convent Street Oscar Daigle House 85 515 Cathedral Street Saint John Rectory 29 518 Hopkins Street Saint Paul Convent 116 523 Saint Julien Avenue Circa 1901 House 94 557 Jefferson Street Moss Building 38 605 W. Saint Mary Boulevard Saint Mary’s Orphanage 62 614 Calder Street Dr. John & Edith Miles House 89 614 Madison Street William Brandt House 75 631 Jefferson Street Grado Building 93 631 E. Simcoe Street Nickerson-Chappuis House 97 703 Lee Avenue First United Methodist Church 24 708 Jefferson Boulevard Prudhomme-Begnaud House 87 735 Jefferson Street Lafayette’s Second City Hall 90 801 Mudd Avenue N. P. Moss School 58 814 S. Washington Street Dr. J. D. Trahan House 40 840 Bourque Road Dr. Fredrick Tolson House 64 900 E. Butcher Switch Road Alexandre Latiolais House 26 143 Index by Property Address ADDRESS PROPERTY NAME PAGE 914 Saint John Street Saint John Cathedral 28 1012 Jefferson Street Keller’s Bakery 106 1012 S. Washington Street Maison Revillon 114 1122 Lafayette Street Alexandre Mouton House 21 1204 Johnston Street J. Arthur Roy House 41 1220 Johnston Street Soulier House 47 1300 Dugas Road Circa 1900 House 72 1301 W. University Avenue Lafayette Middle School 31 1304 W. Pinhook Road Café Vermilionville 32 1304 Saint John Street 1304 Saint John Street House 52 1317 Jefferson Street Saint Ann’s Infirmary 103 1511 Johnston Street La Maison Française 65 1905 Verot School Road Oneziphore Comeaux House 39 2250 Johnston Street Whittington-Guerniere House 66 2645 S. Fieldspan Road Judice Middle School 110 2763 N. W. Evangeline Thruway Couret House 86 3134 Johnston Street Judice Inn 84

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HELP PROTECT THE BEAUTY OF OUR CITY MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS 1 Free ticket(s) to spring History Walk 2 Annual Communiqué Magazine mailed in January - includes schedule of preservation-related events, resources and news 3 Communicates to local government your interest in protecting historic buildings and maintaining attractive historic neighborhoods 4 Helps inform Lafayette’s development community, encouraging the preservation of our historic architecture 5 Encourages the sustainable building trend of preserving historic buildings, resulting in more local jobs, better local economy and enhanced cultural tourism Corporate: Logo and company name listed in all publications and social media + two complimentary tickets to spring history walk +1 Historic Register Book + Annual Preservation Communiqué Magazine - $200

Preservationist: Two complimentary tickets to spring History Walk + one Historic Register Book + Annual Preservation Communiqué Magazine - $100

Conservator: One complimentary ticket to spring History Walk + one Historic Register Book + Annual Preservation Communiqué Magazine - $50

Member: One complimentary ticket to spring History Walk + Annual Preservation Communiqué Magazine - $25 History Walk Tickets are not mailed; an updated membership & guest list is used at all events. Contact 337-291-8431 for additional info.

Join online at www.preservinglafayette.org or send check along with phone number, address and email Preservation Alliance of Lafayette 220 West Willow Street, Building B Lafayette, LA 70501 1863 Map of Vermilionville Environs “The Attakapas Country- A History of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana” by Harry Lewis Griffin, Copyright 1959. Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, LA. Preservation Alliance thanks Cynthia Comeaux Owner of Xtra Handz for her exceptional assistance at our events! Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Preservaton Allaince of Lafayette non-profit