Huey P. Long House, Historic residence on Forest Avenue in Shreveport, United States.
The Huey P. Long House is a two-story Spanish Colonial Revival house on Forest Avenue in Shreveport, built in 1926 with stucco over hollow tile and roofed with Ludowici tile. Long had it constructed for himself and took much personal interest in it.
Huey P. Long moved into the house with his family in 1926, the year it was built. He left for Baton Rouge in 1928 when he became governor of Louisiana, but the house stayed in the family until the 1970s. It is the only house Long had built for himself and the one in which he took much personal interest. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Huey P. Long moved into the house with his family in 1926 and left for Baton Rouge in 1928 when he became governor, but the house stayed in the family until the 1970s. It is the only house Long had built for himself and the one in which he took much personal interest.
The house is a private residence on Forest Avenue in Shreveport, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is not open as a museum, so visitors see the two-story stucco facade and Ludowici tile roof from the public street. Look for the Spanish Colonial Revival detailing on the exterior.
It is the only house Long ever had built for himself, and the source notes he took much personal interest in it. The family kept it until the 1970s, long after he moved to Baton Rouge in 1928.
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