| Eden | |
| Nrhp Type: | nrhp |
| Nearest City: | Gardner, Louisiana |
| Coordinates: | 31.3314°N -92.6783°W |
| Built: | c.1850 |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival |
| Added: | December 5, 1984 |
| Area: | 1acres |
| Refnum: | 84000554 |
Eden near Gardner, Louisiana is a house built perhaps around 1850. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
It is a central hall plan house, two rooms deep, with a rear ell wing. While family history suggests it was built around 1830 by Pleasant H. Hunter, evidence such as its heavy ogee moldings suggest a later date. In 1984, its original four chimneys and four aedicule style mantels survived.[1]
It is located off Highway 121, near its intersection with Highway 1200, about 4miles from Boyce, Louisiana.[1]
It was listed as one result of a study of 10 Neo-Classical farm-plantation houses along Bayou Rapides. As for several of the others (China Grove, Geneva, Hope, Island Home, Longview, Eden was modified by addition of hood along its original gallery, termed a false gallery, which provides additional protection from the rain, detracting somewhat but not greatly from its original appearance.[2]