Samson House is a single-story wooden dwelling, located at 405 Richey Street, New Roads, Louisiana. Built around 1835, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] The building design reflects the French Creole architectural style.[2]
Samson House (Samson-Claiborne House) | |
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| Location | 405 Richey Street, New Roads, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°41′45″N 91°26′08″W / 30.69583°N 91.43556°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1835 |
| Architectural style | French Creole |
| MPS | Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001515[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 19, 1997 |
It has also been known as the Samson-Claiborne House.[2]
It was built in the community of Waterloo, Mississippi, which was located on the Mississippi River east of New Roads. The house was moved to New Roads' Main Street in 1884 after floods broke the levee and the community was abandoned. The move was accomplished by mules pulling the house on rolling logs. Then in 1984 it was moved to its current location on Richey Street, which required it to be cut in half then rejoined.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c National Register staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Samson House / Samson-Claiborne House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 23, 2021. With accompanying 13 photos from 1997
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