Samson House - New Roads, LA
N 30° 41.783 W 091° 26.117
15R E 649857 N 3396998
Also known as Samson--Claiborne House. Located at 405 Richey St. in Historic Downtown New Roads, LA.
Waymark Code: WM4TKJ
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2008
Views: 10
Site now serves as a Bed and Breakfast. Was open when I visited. VERY NICE GROUNDS. Well groomed landscape. Very quite setting.
Brief History from Register application
Samson House The Samson House (c. 1835) is a one-and-one-half story frame cottage in the French
Creole style. It stands on a corner lot in a residential neighborhood of the Pointe Coupee Parish seat
of New Roads. Although it has been moved twice and has received additional alterations, the house
retains its important Creole features and its National Register eligibility.
The Samson House was built at a small rural community known as Waterloo, located on the
Mississippi River just east of New Roads. The house remained on its original site until 1884, when
residents abandoned Waterloo due to two recent serious floods which had broken the levee. The
move was accomplished by rolling the house on logs pulled by mules. The home's new location was
on the residential portion of New Roads' Main Street which, like many towns, has both commercial
and residential sections. The building remained there until 1984, when a new owner moved the
structure to its current Richey Street location before beginning its restoration. It was necessary to cut
the building in half to accomplish this second move, and the seam can be clearly seen in the center
of the home. Although the two moves are regrettable, the home remains within a small town
residential setting similar to that it has occupied for over one hundred years.