The Thomas House on rural Louisiana Highway 787 near Martin in Red River Parish, Louisiana, is a historic house built around 1855. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
Thomas House | |
Nearest city | Martin, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 32°4′21″N 93°10′51″W / 32.07250°N 93.18083°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | c.1855 |
Architectural style | Log single pen |
NRHP reference No. | 02000038[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 22, 2002 |
It is a log house built originally with a single pen, which was expanded by a frame addition later. The original log section is well-preserved, and is of fairly fine work, with squared logs joined by half-dovetail notching.[2]
It is significant as a rare surviving example of domestic log construction by the Scots-Irish/Appalachian Uplanders who settled northern Louisiana in the 1830s.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Thomas House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 2002. Retrieved June 7, 2017. with three photos and two maps