Blanchard House (Boyce, Louisiana)

The Blanchard House near Boyce, Louisiana was built in 1891 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Blanchard House
LocationAbout 2 miles (3,200 m) west of Boyce on Bayou Jean de Jean, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates31°22′57″N 92°42′4″W
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1891
ArchitectBlanchard, Newton Crain
NRHP reference No.82002793[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1982

It is a frame and clapboard house located about 2 miles (3,200 m) west of Boyce on Bayou Jean de Jean, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The house was moved about .25 miles (0.40 km) in 1948, after a flood in 1945 showed that construction of a levee had left it in a flood plain.[2]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Blanchard House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017. with two photos and two maps Archived 2017-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
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