Not far from the entrance to Bogue Falaya Park in Covington is the Mackie House, a beautiful home that features shaded galleries, heart pine floors, and within a short walk down Independence Street is Columbia Landing on the Bogue Falaya River.
According to its information from historical records, the home is a Creole/French style Colonial home, with clapboard/weatherboard siding, an asphalt shingle roof, and double-hung casement windows. Additions to the home include a section in the rear, a "widow's walk" and roof dormers.
It was originally the site of the home of H. Larousini, but that structure was destroyed by fire in May of 1900. That building was described as one of the "largest and finest residences" in town. Another home was built there and occupied by Harry A. Mackie, the owner of Mackie's Pine Oil.
The Carriage House first appeared on a Sanborn map as an "auto garage" in 1921. The board and batten structure is painted green and is a historic structure on its own merit.
In an article on Realtor.com posted in November of 2015, Angela Colley wrote that The Mackie House was an Acadian styled home surrounded by beautiful oak trees and a white picket fence. The property once belonged to none other than John Wharton Collins, a New Orleans merchant who founded the city of Covington in 1813.
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