Grayson House (Fort Necessity, Louisiana)

	Grayson House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Along LA 562, about 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south of Fort Necessity, Louisiana
Nearest city	Fort Necessity, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°58′40″N 91°48′19″W / 31.97778°N 91.80537°W
Area	0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built	c.1836
Built by	Wiley B. Grayson
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	82000435
Added to NRHP	October 27, 1982

The Grayson House was a historic plantation house located in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, about 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south of Fort Necessity.

Built in c.1836 in Federal style by Wiley B. Grayson, it was originally a galleried dogtrot structure two rooms deep with four chimneys set against the exteriors of side walls. The house went under a major renovation in 1910, with the open dogtrot passage being enclosed, an outbuilding being moved and connected to the west side of the house, a rear kitchen being built and the front and rear dormers being added.^[2]^[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 27, 1982.^[1] It has been destroyed some time after its enlistment.^[2]^[4]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Grayson House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 23, 2018. with a photo and two maps
^ Leon Brooks (June 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grayson House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 23, 2018. With eight photos from 1981.
^ Foundation is still visible on Bing satellite imagery.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[ladoc-2] "Grayson House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 23, 2018. with a photo and two maps

[nrhpdoc-3] Leon Brooks (June 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grayson House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 23, 2018. With eight photos from 1981.

[4] Foundation is still visible on Bing satellite imagery.

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