Greenlaw House

The Greenlaw House in Franklinton in Washington Parish, Louisiana was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

Greenlaw House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	613 10th Ave., Franklinton, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°51′0″N 90°9′26″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1906
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.	98000987[1]
Added to NRHP	August 6, 1998

It is a one-and-a-half-story Queen Anne-style house with characteristic massing and textures. It has a turret and a wraparound gallery with bracketed Eastlake-style columns.^[2]

Edward Runnels Greenlaw, a businessman in sawmills and railroads, had the house built for his parents, Civil War veteran Captain Lawrence Dade Greenlaw and Dora Runnels Greenlaw, a poet.^[2]

The Greenlaw House has been rumored to be haunted which is a shared belief amongst a few previous residents.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Greenlaw House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 5, 2017. with seven photos and a map Archived April 6, 2017, at the Wayback Machine