Cooley, G. B., House - Monroe, Louisiana
Posted by: BruceS
N 32° 29.547 W 092° 06.852
15S E 583219 N 3595367
Historic Prairie School styled house in Monroe, Louisiana.
Waymark Code: WM386Y
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2008
Views: 54
The Cooley House is a fourteen room, brick and stucco, Prairie Style
residence located next to the Ouachita River in the old residential section of
Monroe, A design for the house was exhibited as early as 1910, however, it was
not executed until 1926. The house and its matching garage have only been
slightly altered over the years.
Some comment is required regarding the disparity between the date of the
design and the actual date of construction. It is known that a design for a G.
B. Cooley House in Monroe was exhibited at the Chicago Architectural Club in
1910, that Cooley acquired the_ property in question in 1924-25, and that the
present house and garage appear on a 1926 Sanborn map. The reason for the time
lapse is a mystery. One local story has it that Cooley commissioned the design,
but waited until he had amassed enough money to execute it. ~
Nomination Form for National Register