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About Louis: Historic Home in New Orleans
History of 1204 Jackson Ave.
After many years as an architect and builder in New Orleans, Peter Middlemass, who had been a member of the Little and Middlemass families, built this house for his own residence. He paid $6,500 for a brick building on the property, built in approximately 1832, and demolished it in order to build the present 7,000 square foot structure in 1893.
Mr. Middlemass died soon after having completed the building and the property passed to heirs and through the hands of several owners until 1917, when it was purchased by the three Trouard sister who converted it into a rooming house. At least one former scholar at Soule College recalls that for seven dollars a week, you got a room, one meal a day, cool breezes, and delightful conversation.
After their death in 1956, the house was sold to Rosa Marchase, whose heirs sold the house to Mr. Koerner in 1979. At that time, the woodwork had been stripped and all of the floors, which are pine and original to the house, were covered either with the linoleum or paint.
Mr. Koerner renovated the house in 1979 and further in 1982, adding modern amenities such as air conditioning, and converting a part of the third floor attic into an office area for his staff. More recently, the door and window screens have been restored so that much of the house requires little use of the air conditioning equipment except in summer.
The House was built in a Neo-Tudor style with an English-style staircase and Victorian medallions. Much of the interior trim reflects Mr. Middlemass' prior Greek revival experience as an architect and builder in New Orleans.
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