Off Hwy 121, Gardner, Louisiana. County/parish: Rapides.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 05, 1984. NRIS 84000554.
Part of Neo-Classical Architecture of Bayou Rapides TR (NRIS 64000267).
2 contributing buildings.
Eden near Gardner, Louisiana is a house built perhaps around 1850. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
It is a central hall plan house, two rooms deep, with a rear ell wing. While family history suggests it was built around 1830 by Pleasant H. Hunter, evidence such as its heavy ogee moldings suggest a later date. In 1984, its original four chimneys and four aedicule style mantels survived.
It is located off Highway 121, near its intersection with Highway 1200, about 4 miles (6.4 km) from Boyce, Louisiana.
It was listed as one result of a study of 10 Neo-Classical farm-plantation houses along Bayou Rapides. As for several of the others (China Grove, Geneva, Hope, Island Home, Longview, Eden was modified by addition of hood along its original gallery, termed a false gallery, which provides additional protection from the rain, detracting somewhat but not greatly from its original appearance.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73972716