The Carnahan House, in

Boyce, Louisiana Boyce is a town in northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 888 at the 2020 census. The community is nearly 70 percent African American. Histo ...

, was built around 1880 and was added to the

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in 1995. It is a one-and-a-half-story frame galleried cottage built in a transitional

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style. It was remodeled around 1900 by the addition of an Eastlake-style gallery. With It is located near the Red River levee.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Queen Anne architecture in Louisiana Italianate architecture in Louisiana Houses completed in 1880 Houses in Rapides Parish, Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in Rapides Parish, Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub