Echoes From The Attic and Poems, Bowers 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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OLD BOWERS HOME

The wide spreading white house, now the home and studio of Don Snyder at 511 
South Holly, has historic interest. The structure, built in 1908 of select lumber, 
was the family residence of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bowers Sr., who came to 
Hammond from their former Kentucky home.  Bowers, a lumber industrialist, had 
vast claims in timber.  His offices were above the Guaranty Bank and Trust 
Company.  His business lasted many years.

The Bowers were parents of a son, Norman, and two daughters, Sarah and Corrine.  
Corrine was married to Oakley Pantall and Norman's wife was Ila Kemp.  All are 
deceased with the exception of Mrs. Ila Kemp Bowers.

The house was occupied by three family generations.  Following the senior Bowers 
were the Oakley Pantalls, and next the Leroy Taylors, the Pantalls' son-in-law 
and daughter.  Owners prior to the Snyders were the W. Bryant Fausts Jr.

The studio home of Snyder has remained the same in symmetry and architectural 
trends.  The exterior has remained white, and the tall oak trees have been spared.

The interior is slightly changed with its stark white walls replacing the 
Williamsburg wall papering in the numerous rooms.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, VIII, 1974, by Edna Campbell)