Reiley-Reeves House

The Reiley-Reeves House is a historic house located in the Garden District of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 810 Park Avenue.

Reiley-Reeves House
Location810 Park Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°26′27″N 91°10′09″W
Area0.25 acres (0.10 ha)
Builtc.1910-11
Built byEdward Ross, W.F. Bangs
Architectural styleQueen Anne
Part ofRoseland Terrace Historic District (ID82002770)
NRHP reference No.79001060[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 24, 1979
Designated CPMarch 11, 1982
Reiley-Reeves House in Baton Rouge, LA from across Park Ave

It was constructed in c.1910-11 for planter George Junkin Reiley in the Queen Anne Revival style and it is one of the few homes from early 1900s still standing in the city, and it's the only remaining home in the city with a Queen Anne style turret and steeple.[2][3][4]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 24, 1979.[1] It was also added as a contributing resource to the Roseland Terrace Historic District at the time of its creation on March 11, 1982.[1][5][6]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Jim Fraiser (10 September 2013). Historic Baton Rouge Architecture. Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 94–5. ISBN 978-1-4556-1809-5.
  3. "Reiley-Reeves House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 14, 2018. with a photo and a map
  4. Ann R. Jones (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Reiley-Reeves House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 14, 2018. With six photos from 1979.
  5. "Roseland Terrace Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 14, 2018. with four photos and two maps
  6. Roseland Terrace Historic District Committee (1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Roseland Terrace Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 14, 2018. With 57 photos from 1981.
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