Samson House is a single-story wooden dwelling, located at 405 Richey Street,

New Roads, Louisiana New Roads (historically french: Poste-de-Pointe-Coupée) is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The center of population of Louisiana was located in New Roads in 2000. The population was 4,831 at the 2 ...

. Built around 1835, it was listed on the

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in 1997. The building design reflects the French Creole architectural style. It has also been known as the Samson-Claiborne House. With It was built in the community of Waterloo, Mississippi, which was located on the

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east of New Roads. The house was moved to New Roads' Main Street in 1884 after floods broke the levee and the community was abandoned. The move was accomplished by mules pulling the house on rolling logs. Then in 1984 it was moved to its current location on Richey Street, which required it to be cut in half then rejoined.

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