Edgewood, in

Union Parish, Louisiana Union Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de l'Union'') is a parish located in the north central section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,107. The parish seat is Farmerville. The parish was created on ...

near Farmerville is a historic house built in 1902. It is also known as Edgewood Plantation and, in 2017, is operated as a

bed & breakfast A bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. In addition, a B&B sometimes has the hosts living in the house. ''Bed and breakfast'' is also used to ...

inn.Edgewood Plantation
Youtube video, about the house] It is a one-story frame house raised almost a full story above the ground, located on "a grassy rise" amongst oak trees on the shore of Lake D'Arbonne. It includes Queen Anne and Eastlake architecture. wit
three photos and two maps
/ref> The house has an L-shaped plan. Its parlor has a semi-hexagonal bay which is sheathed by a curving Eastlake gallery. Its living room has an alcove inside a thin turret which protrudes above the roof line. The roof line has seven

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

s, three of which are ornamented by scroll-sawn

millwork Millwork is historically any wood-mill produced decorative material used in building construction. Stock profiled and patterned millwork building components fabricated by milling at a planing mill can usually be installed with minimal alterat ...

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Edgewood Plantation Bed & Breakfast
official site Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Queen Anne architecture in Louisiana Houses completed in 1902 National Register of Historic Places in Union Parish, Louisiana 1902 establishments in Louisiana Bed and breakfasts in Louisiana Stick-Eastlake architecture in Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub