Echoes From The Attic and Poems, Till 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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SCENERY IS CHANGED WHERE HOME STOOD

The Evon Till home was caught in the pathway of the wheels of progress and 
demolished.  The stately old home was a landmark, said to have been among some of 
the oldest established, built around 1845 or 1846.

The house was bult by Mrs. Till's father, Charles Breckenridge, who owned and 
perated a sawmill south of Albany.  The sawmill played a large part in drawing the 
Hungarian immigrants to that section.

Now in the setting is a part of Lakewood Subdivision, developed by Joe Mauroner.  
Perhaps the home nearest to the original house setting is that of the Hymel Falgousts.

The Breckenridges bought the property from the St. Clairs around the turn of the 
century.  Following the death of Mr. Brackenridge, the Tills purchased the house 
and grounds.  Here they reared their family, three daughters,Helen, Margaret, 
Dorothy, and Evon Till, Jr.  Four generations of the family called the place home.

Nostalgia was stirred when the rambling structure, featuring Southern architectural 
trends was removed.

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

(Pic of home)

(The Falgoust residence is located at 615 Susan Drive in the Lakewood subdivision, 
which is bounded on the west by I-55 and on the south by the Old Baton Rouge 
Highway.   BEC 2/8/01)