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Violet Hill History
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| The house was built between 1880 - 1890 and
owned by the Genoe heirs and the structure was known as the Natchitoches
Ice Company, Ltd. |
Dr. Edward G. Lawton
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| On October 10, 1904 it sold to Dr. Edward G.
Lawton and was used as the Cottage Sanatorium. In 1917 Dr. Lawton
started using the house as a family home. Through the years he added
several rooms to the original four. He, and his wife, Marie
Catherine Prudhomme, had four Children, A.G., Elisabeth, Dorothy,
and Ferdinand. Dr. and Mrs. Lawton continued to live in the home until
their deaths. |
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Dorothy Lawton Poleman
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In 1921 Dr. Lawton's daughter, Dorothy, married
George Poleman, Sr., son of the City's Mayor Theodore Edward Poleman, who
was assassinated in 1922. Upon their return to Natchitoches, Dorothy
lived in the home with their children, Mary, Jane, and George, Jr.
The home was sold to George Jr., Who raised his six children there, George
III, Terry Elisabeth, Patricia Ann, Kenneth Lawton, James Craig, and
Jennifer Marie. After 84 years in the Lawton family the house
sold in 1988. |
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Snow in 1944 |
Marie Catherine Prudhomme
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