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Gilmour – Parker House

Erected 1853For Thomas Corse Gilmour,English Cotton MerchantIsaac Thayer, Architect-Builder.Sold by Gilmour heirs in 1882To John M. Parker,whose son, John M. Parker, Jr.,lived here and later...

Erected 1853
For Thomas Corse Gilmour,
English Cotton Merchant
Isaac Thayer, Architect-Builder.

Sold by Gilmour heirs in 1882
To John M. Parker,
whose son, John M. Parker, Jr.,
lived here and later served as
Governor of Louisiana
1920-1924.

The dining room extension with bay window
was added by Mrs. Sarah Roberta Buckner,
widow of John M. Parker, between
1897 and 1899.

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