Fig. 50. The 1929 Slagle house, now Masur Museum (Bldg. 152).
A Monroe landmark is the 1926 G. B. Cooley house also on South Grand Street. See [figure 51]. Designed by the architect Walter Burley Griffin, an associate of Frank Lloyd Wright, the plan was laid out to resemble the decks of a steamboat. Mr. Cooley, the owner, was a steamboat captain who plied the Ouachita for many years. The Prairie Style house has 100 windows which may be opened to take advantage of summer breezes.
Fig. 51. Cooley house designed in the Prairie Style (Bldg. 153).
An interesting Trenton Street house in West Monroe, [figure 52], represents a mingling of stylistic detailing. The gable has wood shingles similar to those used in the Queen Anne styles, and the small patterned window panes of that period are reused in a new form. But the exposed rafter ends and expansive overhangs are characteristics of the California Bungalow style.
Fig. 52. On Trenton Street, West Monroe, a gable detail. (Bldg. 154).
Thus, Monroe and West Monroe contain a variety of residential stylistic expressions as evidenced in the extant houses.