Cary, Joshua B., House - Centerville, LA
N 29° 45.584 W 091° 25.670
15R E 652005 N 3293197
Privately owned Greek Revival style home, located in the small community of Centerville, LA.
Waymark Code: WM7WFQ
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2009
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Located in the small town of Centerville, which is between Patterson and Franklin, LA on Hwy 182. Highway 182 was US Hwy 90, but Hwy 90 is future Interstate 49 and is slowly being transformed into an interstate. The old US 90 is Hwy 182 now. The home was very nice, appeared restored and in fine condition. No information found on searching, so a good brief statement is taken from the Louisiana Register website, located
here:The Joshua B. Cary House is locally significant in the area of architecture as an important
part of the distinctly Anglo-American architectural heritage of St. Mary Parish. The state's standing
structures survey reveals that it is one of about a dozen or so grand temple fronted Greek Revival
residences in the parish.
In contrast to the rest of South Louisiana, which is known for its French Creole architectural
heritage, St. Mary Parish is a recognized center of Anglo-American Greek Revival architecture.
About a dozen or so of its larger Greek Revival houses have central two-story pedimented porticoes
with colossal order columns. This is in contrast to most of the rest of French South Louisiana, where
even the largest Greek Revival houses usually lack pediments and porticoes. The Cary House is
one of the grand Greek Revival houses of St. Mary Parish which represent this special architectural heritage. Its impressive temple front places it among the dozen or so examples which stand as the
landmarks of the parish and which give it its distinctively Anglo-American architectural stamp.