Judge Cyrus Ball House, Second Empire residence in Lafayette, United States.

The Judge Cyrus Ball House is a Second Empire style residence featuring a three-story mansard roof with a prominent entrance tower, intricate wood details, and a limestone foundation on South Ninth Street. The property includes a two-story carriage house with Tudor-arched doors and is part of the Ninth Street Hill Neighborhood Historic District.

Built between 1868 and 1869, the residence belonged to Cyrus Ball, who served as Justice of the Peace and influenced Lafayette's railroad development. Its construction during this period reflected the town's growing prosperity from railroad expansion.

Cyrus Ball named the house after himself and lived there until his death in 1893, aged 89; William Lloyd Garrison was once a guest. Ball is buried in Lafayette's Greenbush Cemetery with both of his wives, Rebecca Gordon and Cornelia Smith, and all but one of his known children.

The residence is located on South Ninth Street within the historic district and can be viewed from outside. Walking through the neighborhood offers the best way to see the building and its carriage house together.

Cyrus Ball's South Ninth Street house hosted William Lloyd Garrison as a guest, and Ball lived there until his death in 1893 at age 89. He is buried in Lafayette's Greenbush Cemetery with both of his wives and all but one of his known children.