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E. J. Caire & Co. Store, Edgard, LA
The E. J. Caire & Co. Stores consist of two buildings on the west bank of the Mississippi River overlooking River Road and the adjacent levee. They stand within several yards of each other at a spot, once known as Caire’s Landing, within the village of Edgard. The older and smaller store, constructed c. 1855 and moved a very short distance in 1881, is a vernacular adaptation of the Greek Revival style. It is two-stories tall and of masonry construction. The second building, a one-story, unstyled, frame structure considerably larger than its predecessor, was erected in 1897 slightly downriver from the older edifice. The stores are being nominated together because both were part of a family mercantile business which operated in St. John the Baptist Parish for well over one hundred years. Both buildings look much as they did during the historic period
E. J. Caire & Co. Store, Edgard, LA
The E. J. Caire & Co. Stores consist of two buildings on the west bank of the Mississippi River overlooking River Road and the adjacent levee. They stand within several yards of each other at a spot, once known as Caire’s Landing, within the village of Edgard. The older and smaller store, constructed c. 1855 and moved a very short distance in 1881, is a vernacular adaptation of the Greek Revival style. It is two-stories tall and of masonry construction. The second building, a one-story, unstyled, frame structure considerably larger than its predecessor, was erected in 1897 slightly downriver from the older edifice. The stores are being nominated together because both were part of a family mercantile business which operated in St. John the Baptist Parish for well over one hundred years. Both buildings look much as they did during the historic period