A fascinating #publichistory #histpres read & a good case study for students to discuss in class. Should this nondescript building be torn down or is it worth preserving bc its nondescript arch is essential to its significance as LGBTQ site? (Only ~30 NR sites are associated w/LGBTQ history, btw!)

Home | Save the Dairy Barn | Louisiana Save the Dairy Barn was started by Kendra Van Cleef in 2014. A grass roots effort to save this historic barn from falling down. Located in Pineville across from Buhlow Lake.

www.savethedairybarn.com Built on the grounds of #CentralStateHospital by patient & architect Joseph Carlin, the barn sits on a knoll overlooking Buhlow Lake. The kit brand logo has been located on materials: Louden Design # 5333 #louisianahistory #louisianaarchitecture #historicbuildings #histpres

Old pic of NRHP listed ca. 1923 #DairyBarn in Pineville, La. It is a Louden Machinery Company Kit, built on the grounds of Central State Hospital, by architect Joseph Carlin. He had been a patient. #Louisiana #gambrelroof #historichospitals #historicbarns #histpres #kithouse www.savethedairybarn.com

New Orleans, La.
Lower 9th Ward
#neworleansarchitecture #historicbuildings #abandonedbuildings #oldhouselove #transoms #historicdoors #histpres

ca. 1935 double pen log house in western Louisiana. The owner, a Korean war vet who grew up in the house, told us his dad bought siding to cover the logs with earnings from a good cotton crop (phot & interview 2021). #doublepen #loghouse #louisiana #folkhouse #vernaculararchitrcture #histpres #crm