Echoes From The Attic and Poems, Gould Home, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Don Johnson, Feb. 2001
Typed by Belford Carver
Written by by Edna F. Campbell
Copyrighted by Edna F. Campbell
With special thanks to her family for permission to use her works.

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GOULD HOME

"A house is a house by any other name" was not the philosophy of the owner of an 
old wooden framework structure, the old Gould home.

The late George Gould had lived in the same house during his lifetime in Hammond.  
The landmark most probably will be moved in the near future, in following the 
pattern and march of progress.  The Gould property was purchased by a group of 
realtors who have received approval for the Hammond City Council to have it 
rezoned from residential to apartment.  The location is on Jackson Road and White 
Street.

The Gould homesite was purchased around 1887 by Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gould, early 
settlers, from Charles E. Cate.  George Gould was proud of his heritage and kept 
up the grounds as long as he was physically able.  He was considered one of the 
town's historians; his memory remained clear on early happenings.  A carpenter 
by trade, he kept abreast of business buildings, residences and churches.  His 
conversation centered around the changes emphasizing the importance of South-
eastern Louisiana University.  His reminiscence dwelt on the existence of only 
three churches here in days of his youth, Grace Memorial Episcopal, The Seventh 
Day Baptist and Congregational.

He lamented the fact of the decrease in strawberry shipments, shaking his head as 
he remembered when there were 80 or 90 carloads shipped daily by rail.

Mrs. C. C. Carr, Gould's sister, is still a resident of Hammond.  Another sister, 
Mrs. A. E. Forbes, reared a family and spent her lifetime in Hammond.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, VI, 1971, by Edna Campbell)

(Pic of old home)

(Jackson Road is now J. W. Davis Sr. Drive.  At the intersection of White and 
Davis, is Christies Square (512 JWDavis), containing 3 or 4 offices, with a 
number of brick homes in the 500 and 600 blocks of the street. BEC 2/8/01)