Roland M. Filhiol House

The Roland M. Filhiol House, at 111 Stone Ave. in Monroe, Louisiana, was built in 1895. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

Roland M. Filhiol House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The house in 2023.
Filhiol House
Location	111 Stone Ave., Monroe, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°29′46″N 92°06′46″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1895
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	95000813[1]
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1995

Background

The house is a one-and-a-half-story Queen Anne frame cottage with decorative Eastlake details inside and out.^[2]

The Stone Avenue house is named for Roland M. Filhiol, who had it built in 1895. He was the great-grandson Don Juan Filhiol, one of the founders of Monroe, Louisiana. Don Juan was the commander chosen to oversee the building of a Spanish post, Fort Miro, in the remote Ouachita District in 1791.^[3]

Roland Filhiol was a businessman and agriculturalist. He owned several plantations and lived in the home until 1906, three years before his death.The Edward M. Strong family bought the cottage from Filhiol and owned the Monroe home until 1948. The LaFrance family purchased the home and modified it's attic to accommodate the numerous members of their family.^[4]

Gretchen LaFrance Hamel was the last of the LaFrance family to own the home. She sold the house to Larry Lockwood in February 2007.^[5] The Ouachita Parish Sherrifs Office took control of the deed in April 2023, with the house selling to John May on July 20, 2023.^[6]

Photo Gallery

April 1995

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  Right side view of the house
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  Front view of the house
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  Left side view of the house

August 2023

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  Right side view of house
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  Front view of house
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  Left side view of house

Resources

Registration form and photos submitted in April 1995 to put the Roland M. Filhiol House on the National Register of Historic Places

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. National Register Staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation (May 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Roland M. Filhiol House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2019. With accompanying 15 photos from 1995
3. Robinson, Ian. "Roland M. Filhiol House: Home of descendant of Monroe founder listed on National Register". Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
4. [e-mail] (May 22, 2023). "Save This Old Circa 1895 Historic Louisiana Fixer Upper Queen Anne Under $25K - Roland M. Filhiol House - Pending". Old Houses Under $50K. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "Ouachita Parish, Louisiana Real Property Search - actDataScout". www.actdatascout.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
6. "111 Stone Ave, Monroe, LA 71201 - 8 beds/4 baths". Redfin. Retrieved August 26, 2023.

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