Gilmour – Parker House
Erected 1853
For Thomas Corse Gilmour,
English Cotten Merchant
Isaac Thayer, Architect-Builder.
Sold by Gilmour heirs in 1882
To John M. Parker,
whose son, John M. Parker, Jr.,
lived here and later served as
Governor of Louisiana
1920-1924.
The dining room extension with bay window
was added by Mrs. Sarah Roberta Buckner,
widow of John M. Parker, between
1897 and 1899.
Marker is on Prytania Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
