Island Home

Island Home is a historical house in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, in or near Gardner. It was built around 1850 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Island Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Gardner, Louisiana
Coordinates	31.330553°N 92.676575°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c.1850
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Neo-Classical Architecture of Bayou Rapides TR
NRHP reference No.	84000557[1]
Added to NRHP	December 5, 1984

It is off Louisiana Highway 21 and is reached by a bridge across Bayou Rapides.[2][3]

It is a central hall plan house with a five-bay front facade, with elements of Classical Revival style; it is basically Greek Revival.[4] Its entrance is unusual with its side lights rising to the level of the transom above the door. It is two rooms deep, with a rear ell wing. Changes to the building over the years were deemed not too damaging for it to be listed.[2]

It was listed as one result of a study of ten Neoclassical farm-plantation houses along Bayou Rapides. As were several of the others (China Grove, Eden, Geneva, Hope, Longview), Island Home was modified by addition of a hood along its original gallery, termed a false gallery, which provides additional protection from the rain, detracting somewhat but not greatly from its original appearance.[4]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Louisiana Division of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Standing Structures Survey: Island Home". National Park Service. Retrieved July 24, 2019. With accompanying four photos from 1983
3. Google maps/satellite view
4. Louisiana's National Register staff; Rae Swent; Alice Hunter (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places: Neo-Classical Architecture of Bayou Rapides TR" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 24, 2019.