Boscobel Cottage
Appearance
Boscobel Cottage | |
Location | Cordell Lane, Bosco, Louisiana, off U.S. Route 165 |
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Coordinates | 32°17′23″N 92°5′33″W / 32.28972°N 92.09250°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1820 |
Built by | Bry, Judge Henry |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Federal, Central Hallway |
NRHP reference No. | 79001078[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1979 |
The Boscobel Cottage, in Bosco in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and also known as Lower Boscobel Plantation, is a historic house built in about 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
It is located on the east bank of the Ouachita River, about 20 miles (32 km) below Monroe, Louisiana, on Cordell Lane,[2] off what is now U.S. Route 165 prior to the main house being built for the plantation.
It was built by Judge Henry Bry. It includes Greek Revival and Federal architecture with a central hallway.[2] The listing included two contributing buildings.[2]
Another cottage from the plantation, the Bosco Plantation House, is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
See also
[edit]- Logtown Plantation: also NRHP-listed in Ouachita Parish
- List of plantations in Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Boscobel Cottage / Lower Boscobel Plantation" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017. with two photos and a map Archived 2017-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
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Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Federal architecture in Louisiana
- Greek Revival houses in Louisiana
- Houses completed in 1820
- Houses in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
- 1820 establishments in Louisiana
- Central-passage houses
- Plantation houses in Louisiana
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs