613 10th Ave., Franklinton, Louisiana. County/parish: Washington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 06, 1998. NRIS 98000987.
1 contributing building.
The Greenlaw House in Franklinton in Washington Parish, Louisiana was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
It is a one-and-a-half-story Queen Anne-style house with characteristic massing and textures. It has a turret and a wraparound gallery with bracketed Eastlake-style columns.
Edward Runnels Greenlaw, a businessman in sawmills and railroads, had the house built for his parents, Civil War veteran Captain Lawrence Dade Greenlaw and Dora Runnels Greenlaw, a poet.
The Greenlaw House has been rumored to be haunted which is a shared belief amongst a few previous residents.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73975153