Hoffpauir, Ellis, House - Estherwood, LA
N 30° 10.925 W 092° 27.847
15R E 551591 N 3339082
Private home, located in the small community of Estherwood. The home is also known as Estherwood Manor.
Waymark Code: WM9E1J
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2010
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Home appeared in great condition. Heavy tree and shrub concealed and made good phots possible. It was easy to locate. Estherwood also appeared to be a very quiet community. Not much information found, so a brief historical statement from the Louisiana Register page, located
here, which states:
The Ellis Hoffpauir House is locally significant in the area of education as the home of Ellis
Hoffpauir from its construction in 1905 until Hoffpauir's death in 1954 at the age of 82. A greatly
respected friend of public education, Hoffpauir served on the parish school board for almost thirtyfive
years (1913-1932, 1938-54). He was elected president in 1947, after having served several
years as vice-president. The period of significance spans from the year Hoffpauir had the house built
(1905) to the current fifty year cutoff (1947).
The Hoffpauir name is well known in Acadia Parish, especially in Estherwood, where the
Hoffpauirs are considered one of the founding families and various members have made
contributions in various fields over the years. Ellis Hoffpauir moved to Estherwood in 1899 from
nearby Lafayette Parish and was mentioned at the time of his death as being a pioneer in the
settlement of the area. Estherwood, like the nearby parish seat of Crowley, did not exist until the
railroad arrived in the 1880s. When Hoffpauir moved to Estherwood, it was a tiny rural hamlet with
not even enough population to be incorporated as a village. This status was granted in 1901, and
Ellis Hoffpauir soon became involved in local politics, serving two partial terms as mayor (1907 and
1909) and a full term from 1910-12. Like most everyone else in the area, he was in the rice
business.