Robichaux House Explained

Robichaux House
Coordinates:	29.7976°N -90.8162°W
Builder:	E.G. Robichaux
Added:	March 5, 1986
Mpsub:	Thibodaux MRA
Refnum:	86000434

The Robichaux House is a historic house located at 322 East 2nd Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Built in 1898, the house is a two-story frame residence in Queen Anne Revival style with Eastlake gallery details, three polygonal bays and two chimneys. The roof features a square turret with two oculi.^[1]

The style of the building reflects the "second wave of prosperity" in Thibodaux, where houses were first designed in the Greek Revival style.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1986.

It is one of 14 individually NRHP-listed properties in the "Thibodaux Multiple Resource Area",^[1] which also includes:

• Bank of Lafourche Building
• Breaux House
• Building at 108 Green Street
• Chanticleer Gift Shop
• Citizens Bank of Lafourche
• Grand Theatre
• Lamartina Building
• McCulla House
• Peltier House
• Percy-Lobdell Building
• Riviere Building
• Riviere House

• St. Joseph Co-Cathedral and Rectory

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thibodaux Multiple Resource Area . State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation . National Register staff, Division of Historic Preservation, State of Louisiana . July 13, 2018. with 21 photos and 16 maps. (See also scanned text.)
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of Thibodaux . National Park Service. June 12, 2018.