Sample Oral Test Given After Avoyelles Parish Field Trip

by Linda B. Gillis


I. Name the house visited that had the following features: (taken from survey form)
  Features Answer
1. suburban
raised
1 ½ stories
exterior chimney
6 over 6 windows
shed porch
Doric columns
transom and sidelights
Calliham Plantation
2. fenced
raised
1 story
central fireplace
gable roof
shed porch
French doors
clapboard
Hypolite Bordelon House
3. irregular shape
transom and sidelights
1 story
clapboards and shingles
bay window
shed porch with wraparound
raised
asymmetrical roof
Burnell Lemoine House
4. 1 ½ stories
brackets
"L" shaped
Gable roof
six over nine windows
no eaves
exterior chimneys
French doors
Mayfield
5. rectangular
raised
six over six windows
gable roof
central fireplace
no eaves
chamfered columns
French doors
Defosse House

II. Name the house with the following architectural styles:
  Style Answer
1. Greek Revival Calliham Plantation
2. Victorian Burnell Lemoine House
3. Italianate cottage Mayfield
4. Louisiana French Colonial (Creole) – two houses Defosse House and
Hypolite Bordelon House