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Cypress (Towboat, 1925-1947)

Summary
  • BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
  • BOAT TYPE: Towboat
  • BUILT: 1916 at St. Martinville, Louisiana as the F. Hilda Burdin; rebuilt and renamed in 1925
  • FORMERLY: F. Hilda Burdin
  • FINAL DISPOSITION: Dismantled in 1947
  • OWNERS: Baker Towboat Company, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Findlay Towing Company
  • OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - T0536

Is anyone familiar with 422 N. Pinaud St., which was described as the Burdin House? Likely the home of John Joseph Burdin Sr. owner of the Hall & Burdin Sawmill in 1896, on the opposite side of the Bayou Teche?
Certification Date: December 9, 1999
Property Classification: Building
Area of Significance: Architecture
Significance Level 4: Local
Key Date: 1900
Other Significant Dates: 1900-1924
Architectural Style: Queen Anne; Stick/Eastlake
Historic Function Category: Domestic
Historic Function Detail: Single Dwelling
Current Function Category: Domestic
Current Function Detail: Single Dwelling
Burdin House, St. Martinville, Louisiana is a grade 4 historic property. The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction
From the aerial view of Google Earth it doesn't really appear historic.
Is anyone familiar with 422 N. Pinaud St., which was described as the Burdin House? Likely the home of John Joseph Burdin Sr. owner of the Hall & Burdin Sawmill in 1896, on the opposite side of the Bayou Teche?
Certification Date: December 9, 1999
Property Classification: Building
Area of Significance: Architecture
Significance Level 4: Local
Key Date: 1900
Other Significant Dates: 1900-1924
Architectural Style: Queen Anne; Stick/Eastlake
Historic Function Category: Domestic
Historic Function Detail: Single Dwelling
Current Function Category: Domestic
Current Function Detail: Single Dwelling
Burdin House, St. Martinville, Louisiana is a grade 4 historic property. The property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction
From the aerial view of Google Earth it doesn't really appear historic.

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