Echoes From The Attic and Poems, John Ross Home, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Don Johnson, Jan. 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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WILLIAMSBURG CHARM DISTINGUISHES CHURCH STREET HOME

The Williamsburg styling of the home of Mrs. and Mrs. John A. Ross at 705 West 
Church distinguishes the attractive wooden structure.  Colonial characteristics 
reflect from the stone-gray weather-boarding and dormer windows.  Black-green 
wooden blinds frame the glass-paned windows adding color contrast, and the trim 
is creamy-white.  Carriage lamps light the doorway.

Constructed of selected cypress lumber, the two-story frame home lends a Cape Cod 
effect with its slightly sloped roof and window projection, topping the spacious 
lower floor space.  The lower floor consists of a living room, dining room, 
kitchen, hall, two baths and porch.  Upstairs there are two additional bedrooms 
and a large reception room.

Cypress paneling and wallpaper in gold cast designs are used effectively to 
complement the medieval furnishings, curtains, window treatment and floor 
coverings.  Intricate handcarving marks distinctive trends in the dining room 
suite; although this set was imported from Scotland it is of Italian make from 
the Italian Renaissance period dating back to 1850.

Most unique is carving on the chairs, with no two having identical workmanship 
designs.  One chair is believed to have been the host chair having a marked 
difference in the crest.  In keeping with the era, the high-backed chairs blend 
with the trestle table.  Artistic carving is also noted in a Flemish chair; this 
occasional chair is around 200 years old.

Illuminating the table is an all brass chandelier, the English ceiling fixture of 
early 19th century has the earmarks of an old type gas burner.  Throughout the 
home unusual and rare pieces of furnishings and antiques lend charmand distinction 
to the background.

Mr. and Mrs. Ross moved to Hammond from New Orleans shortly after the building of 
the Diebert-Bancroft and Ross Foundry in Amite.  They hailed from New Orleans.  
They have a daughter, Cindy, age 15, and a son, John, age 12.

(From ECHOES FROM THE ATTIC, IV, 1969, by Edna Campbell)

(Pic The John A. Ross Home)