Greenlawn - Amite, LA
N 30° 43.517 W 090° 30.417
15R E 738717 N 3401811
Fine privately owned home, located on a quiet residential street in Amite, LA. Was easy to locate.
Waymark Code: WM6BT4
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2009
Views: 1
Very nice home, appeared to be in fine condition and the grounds were also well groomed. Located on a corner lot (Chestnut and Laurel St's) house was easy to photograph. I found no information on home except from the Register application, located here, which states: Greenlawn is a landmark residence in Amite because it has the town's only two-story
galleried front complete with molded capital pillars and full entablature. It also spreads to an
impressive five bays and is further extended by side porches This locally formed and pretentious
statement can be compared with other large residences in Amite which have plain boxy exteriors or
one-story galleries with turned columns. Moreover, Greenlawn is richly ornamented with scrollsaw
decorative to a degree seldom seen in the area.
According to local tradition, the house was built in the 1890's by Bolivar Edwards, a
prominent Amite lawyer, Edwards was district attorney of the Sixth Judicial District during
Reconstruction and was a representative in the Louisiana legislature from 1874 to 1876. In 1888 he
was elected to the office of district attorney of the Eighteenth Judicial District. The house remained
in the Edwards family until 1972, when the current owners purchased it from Olive Stevens.
Street address: 200 E. Chestnut St Amite, LA USA 70422
County / Borough / Parish: Tangipahoa
Year listed: 1980
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899
Historic function: Domestic. Sub - Single Dwelling
Current function: Domestic. Sub - Multiple Dwelling
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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