Echoes From The Attic and Poems, Joseph Arthur Sims 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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HERB GARDEN WINDOW-DINING AREA

The Joseph Arthur Sims welcomed guests at their home at 250 West Willow 
(Ponchatoula)  where rare antiques dominated each of the rooms.  The Sims have 
used ingenuity in re-creating paneled walls and other distinctive renovations.  
The library harbors numerous valuable books, Louisiana paintings and Audubon 
prints frame the walls of the Louisiana Room.

Among prize treasures are an American cherrywood grandfather's clock, a Bombe 
chest with mirror overhead and tea caddy.  In the dining room authentic Wedgeworth 
china enhances the Georgia reproduction table.  The linen covering was a gift of  
Frau Elizabeth Lob of Germany.  The chairs are Chippendale and dumb waiter 
Mahogany.  A walnut highboy dates back to 1700s and other heirlooms are in the 
early 1700s period.  Mrs. Sims is the former Julia Brumfield.

The table in the breakfast room is a treasure from a tavern in Germany.  The 
entire home features heirloom and prized period furnishings.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, IX, 1976, by Edna Campbell)

(Pic of dining area)