Fairview-Riverside State Park is a tourist attraction 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Madisonville, Louisiana

Madisonville, Louisiana

Madisonville is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. Its 99 acres (400,639.1 m²) is set along the banks of the Tchefuncte River

Tchefuncte River

The Tchefuncte River drains into Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana in the United States. It is about long.In the 19th century it was an important commercial waterway, where building materials and other products of the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain were loaded to be shipped across the Lake to...

. Within the park is the Otis House Museum, built during the 1830s, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1999. Visitors go to Fairview-Riverside to camp, and for water sports and fishing. The park has 100 campsites. The park has a short nature trail and boardwalk which reveals forested wetlands along the Tchefuncte River.

Otis house

Situated on Fairview-Riverside state park, The Otis House, built in the 1880s, was the family home for sawmill owner William Theodore Jay. It was purchased and renovated in the 1930s by Frank Otis to use as his summer home. Upon his death in 1962, Mr. Otis left the property to the State of Louisiana to be developed into a recreational site for visitors. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Currently, it is under renovation and will be completed by July 2011.

Frank Otis House.jpg

External links

• Fairview-Riverside State Park