Echoes From The Attic and Poems, BUTLER 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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IN PONCHATOULA

TALLY-HO PICTURESQUE BACKGROUND SETTING

Poised sufficiently far enough back from the main traveled highway to insure 
quietness, peace and family privacy is "Tally-Ho", the handsome brick home of Mr. 
and Mrs. William E. Butler, near Ponchatoula.

A shell covered driveway leads to the interesting homesite approach, bordered with 
groupings of low plants.  The two story Colonial type structure is in a setting of 
towering trees and amid numerous native shrubs.  Vine draped pines augment the 
rustic trends.

Oversize windows accent the austere simplicity of the massive construction, 
featuring mammoth white columns flanking the front galleries.  Lending a 
characteristic note to the architecture are the graceful trends of belvedere 
framework on the upper roof.

The lower floor contains a spacious living room, dining area, den, kitchen, 
utility and baths.  Noted upstairs are three bedrooms, baths, and porch.  An 
outdoor patio serves as a popular gathering place for family and party settings.

In the extreme rear of the 100 acre plot are found the various engines collected 
by Mr. Butler as a hobby.  Parked on the grounds of the Butler estate are five 
railroad engines, a roundhouse and a mile-long track, property of the unusual 
hobbiest.

Butler has said his love for locomotives stems from early childhood spent in 
Ponchatoula.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, V, 1970, by Edna Campbell)

(Pic of home)