810 Park Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70806

Description

Reiley-Reeves House • National Register of Historic Places • corner double lot in Roseland Terrace • Before Park Boulevard had a name, this ground was the Magnolia Race Track, its fence covered in wild Cherokee roses. In August 1910, George Junkin Reiley bought a lot, and by 1911 his house stood finished. Per its 1979 National Register entry, it was the first home built in Roseland Terrace. The neighborhood grew up around it. No trained architect drew this c. 1910 Queen Anne. A white arched masonry arcade carries a full-length upper gallery, and a two-story octagonal room rises to a steeple above the roofline. Floor-to-ceiling shuttered windows open to both porches. 14-foot ceilings downstairs and 12-foot ceilings up set the scale. A two-flight staircase with turned balusters rises from the center hall; pocket doors join the front rooms. Seven fireplaces, each with its own character: columned and mirrored mantels, gold mosaic, green glazed tile, painted brick. Wood floors, transom doors and deep baseboards throughout. 6 bedrooms, 5 baths and about 5,205 sq ft. Main-level primary suite with en suite bath, second bedroom and full bath. Four bedrooms upstairs, several with exposed wood plank ceilings and gallery access. Fully rewired with new wiring, meters and switches; all old knob-and-tube wiring deactivated. HVAC installed. First-floor bonus room could serve as an additional bedroom or be incorporated into a chef's kitchen. The current kitchen was adapted from a pantry when the chef's house and carriage house were separate buildings on the lot. Upstairs, the northeast front bedroom beneath the tower could potentially combine with the full bath and bedroom beside it to create a grand primary suite. Garden District corner lot of about 0.23 acre under mature oaks and magnolia, near City Park. A contributing landmark in the Roseland Terrace Historic District since 1982. More than a century later, 810 Park Boulevard is ready for its next chapter.