LA 154, Gibsland, Louisiana. County/parish: Bienville.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 01, 1980. NRIS 80001701.
1 contributing building.
The Down House, located on Louisiana Highway 154 near Gibsland in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, is a Greek Revival-style house built in 1852–53. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
It is a five-bay house with a front gallery. Its NRHP nomination states its significance: "This building, because of its cornices over the fenestration and its full molded Doric pillars, is the most classically correct and fully developed example of a Greek Revival residence in the area."
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73972563