Echoes From The Attic and Poems, Neelis 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. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ NEELIS HOME UNDERGOES CHANGES The old Neelis home, located at 501 North Pine Street, Hammond, tells its own story about the many changes undergone in Hammond's development. Once one of the handsome homesites of prominent business people, the house, built about 1893, is now a dormitory for men attending Southeastern Louisiana University. It is named Cucchiara Hall and owned by the Roy Cucchiaras. The wide spreading two-story structure is located on the SW quarter of Square 23, property originally owned by Charles Emery Cate who sold it to J. D. Wilcombe. Later it was sold to William E. Palmer from whom Neelis purchased it, according to court records. The Pine Street home was the family home of the George Neelises and their three daughters, Evelyn, Cora (both deceased) and Hattie, now Mrs. W. Buford Thames, and one son George Neelis. The latter named daughter and son still reside in Hammond. They recall many years in the family residence. In the original architectural trends of the old structure were multibay windows, scrolled designed gables and French type windows with wooden blinds. In earlier years of Hammond there were three Neelis brothers--Frank, George and Jack. The Neelises were in the mercantile business before the turn of the century. (From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, VIII, 1974, by Edna Campbell) (Pic of Pine St. home) (See also Part IV "Neelis Home has Early Architectural Trends" for another article on this home that has been demolished.)