Highland in Shreveport in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Thornhill

Historic Site

— Shreveport —

Thornhill Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

1. Thornhill Marker

Inscription. Built circa 1856 by Aaron B. Levisee for wife Persia Willis. Named for her family home in Alabama. Surrounding estate was subdivided in 1874 giving name to neighborhood and street. Later home to Foster and Harvey families. Builder Levisee was a noted jurist, author, and statesman.

Erected by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1856.

Location. 32° 29.19′ N, 93° 44.887′ W. Marker is in Shreveport, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is in Highland. It is at the intersection of Thornhill Avenue and Robinson Place, on the right when traveling north on Thornhill Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 857 Robinson Place, Shreveport LA 71104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bliss-Hoyer House (within shouting distance of this marker); Robinson Place (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Josh Logan Home (about 500 feet away); Walker House (about 500 feet away); Files House (about 500 feet away); Trimble House (about 700 feet away); Barret Place (about 700 feet away); Pine Wold (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shreveport.

More about this marker. The Highland Area Partnership of Shreveport spearheaded the effort to place the signs. Bob Marak designed the signs, the Shreveport City sign shop produced them, Eric J. Brock (historian in Shreveport) wrote the texts. This marker program was sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and was coordinated by Eric J. Brock, local historian, and Robert J. Marak The project included many historic

View north on Thornhill Avenue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

2. View north on Thornhill Avenue

sites already marked by the state of Louisiana and resulted in 142 markers placed in the Shreveport-Bossier area.

Thornhill Marker and home. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

3. Thornhill Marker and home.

Judge Aaron Burton Levisee (1821-1907) image. Click for full size.

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4. Judge Aaron Burton Levisee (1821-1907)

Returned to Louisiana in 1854 to open a legal practice in Shreveport. Built "Thornhill," his estate near Shreveport, presenting it to his first wife, Statina Persia Levisee (nee Willis), in 1856 (she had grown up at "Thornhill" plantation in Alabama).

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,141 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 3, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.