page_title: Dogtrot house
section_title: Louisiana
hierarchical_section_title: Dogtrot house / Surviving public and notable homes / Louisiana
caption_attribution_description: English: I took photo with Canon camera of Autrey Dogtrot House in Lincoln Parish, west of Dubach, LA.
context_page_description: The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Some theories place its origins in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Some scholars believe the style developed in the post-Revolution frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. Others note its presence in the South Carolina Lowcountry from an early period. The main style point was a large breezeway through the center of the house to cool occupants in the hot southern climate.
  Architects continue to build dogtrot houses using modern materials, but maintaining the original design.
context_section_description: The town of Dubach in Lincoln Parish, has several surviving dogtrot houses. In 1990, it was recognized as the "Dogtrot Capital of the World" by the state legislature.  The Autrey House Museum, a dogtrot house built in 1849, is located in Dubach; the home is believed to be the oldest extant structure in Lincoln Parish.
  The estate known as "Ranch Azalee" in south Webster Parish in north Louisiana, formerly owned by the late State Senator Harold Montgomery, was originally of dogtrot design, having begun around 1840 as the James Jackson Bryan House. In 1999, Ranch Azalee was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  At Louisiana State University in Shreveport, the Pioneer Heritage Center  hosts the Thrasher House, a two-room dogtrot house built in 1850 by Thomas Zilks near Castor, Louisiana.  The home was moved to LSUS in 1981.
  The Museum of West Louisiana in Leesville includes the Alexander Airhart Home, a dogtrot house.
  The LSU Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge, includes a restored dogtrot house built by Thomas Neal Sr. from the 1860s to the early 1870s in Rapides Parish.  The home was lived in by descendants of Mr. Neal until 1976; the house was moved to the museum in 1979.
  Washington Parish, hosts the Sylvest House.  This home, built in 1880 by Nehemiah Sylvest, was originally located in Fisher, Louisiana, but has since been moved to the fairgrounds in Franklinton.
  The O'Pry/Elam dogtrot house near Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, is a framed four-room dogtrot featuring an interior chimney.  This house is the only remaining structure of the original village of Pleasant Hill and served as a hospital after the Battle of Pleasant Hill.
caption: The Autrey House, Dubach, Louisiana, in 2011
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