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Monk House
The Monk House, in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana near Homer, Louisiana, was built in 1855. It was a home of Alabama native Merrell Monk, who moved his family to Claiborne Parish in the early 1850s. It was built by slave labor and may have been "patterned after the plans of his wife's former home in Opelika, Alabama." It is Greek Revival in style; Greek Revival features noted in its National Register nomination are: *"a five bay front gallery whose simple Doric pillars and matching corner pilasters support an entablature. Another pillared gallery with entablature outlines the rear elevation of the house and ell. * transoms and sidelights flanking the front and rear entrances. Some of the antique glass within the transoms and sidelights has survived. *facade window surrounds composed of engaged fluted pilasters whose molded Doric capitals are incorporated into a cornice surmounted by a narrow architrave. *interior door surrounds which mimic those framing the facade's windows, except ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homer, Louisiana
Homer is a town in and the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. Named for the Greek poet Homer, the town was laid out around the Courthouse Square in 1850 by Frank Vaughn. The present-day brick courthouse, built in the Greek Revival style of architecture, is one of only four pre-Civil War courthouses in Louisiana still in use. The building, completed in 1860, was accepted by the Claiborne Parish Police Jury on July 20, 1861, at a cost of $12,304.36, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The other courthouses are in St. Francisville, St. Martinville and Thibodaux. The population of Homer was 2,747 in 2020. History Johnson donated land for the former Ashland High School. Johnson is interred in Coushatta in Red River Parish. The Herbert S. Ford Memorial Museum operates across from the parish courthouse in the former Claiborne Hotel (completed 1890). The museum claims the oldest compressed bale of cotton in existence in the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
