Built 1905 as Highland's first fire station and one of Shreveport's first firehouses outside the downtown area. In 1925 it provided water to fight the great Allendale fire. Built 1917 on the site of a defensive battery during the Civil War. Highland Hospital occupied these buildings until 1991.
Older part is city's oldest remaining hospital structure.
Burial place of many prominent citizens, including six Shreveport Mayors, Governor Newton Crain Blanchard, and former U. S. Undersecretary of State John Allen. One of the few remaining large Victorian Homes in Highland. Named for early owner Thomas C. Lewis, a pioneer druggist. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, 1979. Built 1909 by State Treasurer James W. Smith.