Hope Terrace - Clinton, LA - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Located in Clintoin, LA. Home is located on the Walking tour of Clinton, located here.
#26 Hope Terrace (c.1840) Also built by John Rhea, this building became a school for girls.
Found history on home at the register application,located here

Clinton's identity as a center of Greek Revival architecture is composed of three basic components; (1) nearby plantation houses, (2) major public buildings; and (3) major town residences. The last aspect is particularly important because of the many older communities in Louisiana, only eight have a complement of substantial Greek Revival town residences. Until comparatively recently, Clinton had six Greek Revival town houses, but two were lost within the past twenty-five years. Of the four which remain, Hope Terrace is one of three which retain their original facades (The fourth example, a large cottage form, was fitted with a Vieux Carre style cast-iron second story gallery about forty years ago.) So Hope Terrace, with its impressive facade and elaborate woodwork, stands as a major residential landmark of Clinton as well as a vital part in the town's standing as a Greek Revival "mecca." Its importance in architectural history is that it illustrates the fact that major Greek Revival town residences were not very different from plantation houses. Hence, along with the other examples in Clinton, it shows something of the nature of the Greek Revival movement in the South.

Street address: Corner of Church & Silliman Streets Clinton, LA USA 70722 County / Borough / Parish: East Feliciana Year listed: 1986 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1825-1849 Historic function: Domestic. Sub - Single Dwelling Current function: Domestic. Sub - Single 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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