Ouachita County Louisiana Archives News.....THREE BURNED TO DEATH July 5, 1906
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Dallas Morning News July 5, 1906
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
Hotel at Monroe, La., Destroyed by Fire at Midnight.
     Shreveport, La., July 4. - A special to the Times from Monroe, La., says 
that the Ouachita House was destroyed by fire at midning.  John Taylor, the 
proprietor ; his grandchild and John Farrell of Bienville, La., were burned to 
death.

Same Newspaper, dated July 6, 1906

VICTIM OF HOTEL FIRE.
Three Bodies Taken from the Ruins in Monroe, La.
     Monroe, La., July 5. - The bodies of three victims in the fire which 
destroyed the Ouachita Hotel at an early hour this morning have been recovered.
     The dead:
     WILLIAM H. TAYLOR.  proprietor of the hotel.
     ANDREW CARR of Baton Rouge, La.
     J.H. CUMMINS of Bienville, La.
     Another boarder whose name is not known is missing.
     The Ouachita House was an old landmark and is said to have been built 
seventy-five years ago.

Additional Comments:
The Ouachita House was one of the earliest boarding houses in Monroe.  It was 
originally known as the Hunsicker, named after the owner J.L. Hunsicker.  It 
was built like a Swiss chateau, with two large galleries extending along the 
entire front.  Arched lattice work partly enclosed the gallery on the second 
floor.  The building was finished in a light brown tone, with trimmings a 
darker shade of the same color.  After Hunsicker died in 1878, the building was 
leased by F.G. Key and renamed the Ouachita House.In the 1880's it was sold to 
a Mr. Purvis.  After the building burned, the land was bought by the Sugar 
brothers and what would become the Paramount Theatre was built on it in 1915.

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