First Street

Don't forget Archie's third son, Cooper, whose promising football career ended in college with a spine injury.

Columns were replaced after one
owner tried to completely change
the style of the house.

Archie Manning's Super Bowl winning sons, Eli and Peyton, were raised here on 1405 First Street. Archie never won the Big One quarterbacking the New Orleans Saints. He played briefly for the Minnesota Vikings back in the 70s. There are at least three local restaurants bearing the family name.
A more interesting house on First Street, however, is the one right across the street. A wealthy cotton farmer started the Pritchard house in 1858 and took many years to complete it. The large Greek columns were removed by another owner in the 1900s, but were restored in the 1990s by Dr. John Piggot. It's now one of the few examples of Greek Revival in the area, the grand columns making the house appear larger than it really is.