Eden near Gardner, Louisiana is a house built perhaps around 1850. It was added to the

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in 1984. It is a

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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

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moldings suggest a later date. In 1984, its original four chimneys and four aedicule style

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survived. With It is located off Highway 121, near its intersection with Highway 1200, about from

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. It was listed as one result of a study of 10 Neo-Classical farm-plantation houses along

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. As for several of the others ( China Grove,

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Island Home Island Home is a historical house in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, in or near Gardner. It was built around 1850 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is off Louisiana Highway 21 and is reached by a bridge across Bayo ...

, 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.

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