T. D. Meadows

The T. D. Meadows home was bought by Mr. Meadows in 1900 from Mrs. M. M. Slaughter, the original owner and builder of the house.

According to the Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court records, Mrs Slaughter bought on May 28, 1894, from Mr. F. Y. Dabney the entire Sq. #15, Town of Ruston for $100 cash plus a $100 note bearing 8% interest. Further records show Mr. Meadows on August 15,1900 bought from Mrs. Slaughter the land and buildings on the north half of Sq. #15 for $800 cash. The deed was executed in the presence of L. S. Flournoy and W. Burgess, a notary who signed and filed the deed.

Mr. Meadows, a native of Georgia, and a graduate of Emory University came to Louisiana as a private school teacher of Clairborne Parish at the time of his marriage in 1877 to Lucy Ann Duke of Lisbon, LA.

In midsummer of 1900 Mr. and Mrs. Meadows and their eight children ranging in ages from 5 to 20 years, moved into the home at 508 N. Bonner and it remained in the family until after the death of Miss Atlanta Meadows.

The house was sold by her nephew, Marion Tillery Meadows to Paul Nolen in 1977.

Architecturally speaking, the Meadows home is a one and a half story frame residence reflecting the Queen Anne Revival and Eastlake Styles. It is located on a spacious lot in an old residential section of Ruston. The house's most distinctive feature is its Eastlake front gallery. The Gallery extends around and connects the two projecting entrances porches. It has elaborately turned columns with brackest, an elaborate spindlework frieze accented with decoratively cut woodwork as well as hanging pendants, and a balustrade reflecting Italianate taste.

The information for this site was taken from a pamphlet entitled "Centennial Historical Tour" Ruston, Louisiana, 4/14/1983. A copy of this pamplet was provided by the Division of Historic Preservation, Louisiana. Without their assistance this page would not have been possible.

 

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