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Valsin Broussard House

Coordinates: 30°08′57″N 91°58′02″W / 30.14927°N 91.96721°W / 30.14927; -91.96721
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Valsin Broussard House
Valsin Broussard House is located in Louisiana
Valsin Broussard House
Valsin Broussard House is located in the United States
Valsin Broussard House
Location408 West Main Street, Broussard, Louisiana
Coordinates30°08′57″N 91°58′02″W / 30.14927°N 91.96721°W / 30.14927; -91.96721
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1876
Built byValsin Broussard
Architectural styleCreole
MPSBroussard MRA
NRHP reference No.83000517[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1983

The Valsin Broussard House is a historic house located at 408 West Main Street in Broussard, Louisiana.

Built c.1876 by Valsin Broussard, founder of the town of Broussard, the house is the oldest remaining residence in the town. The Creole two-story frame house with a frontend gallery was modified in c.1900 with the addition of the rear wing.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1983.[1]

It is one of 10 individually NRHP-listed houses in the "Broussard Multiple Resource Area",[2] which also includes:

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b National Register staff, Division of Historic Preservation, State of Louisiana (October 1982). "Broussard Multiple Resource Area" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 1, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) with 14 photos and three maps. (See also scanned text.)