by Karen Gibbs

Slidell's Past Houses its Present
Today’s Businesses in Yesterday’s Buildings

Brad Thompson Gallery
224 Fremaux Avenue

Built about 1908 as a residence by Alphonse Attaway, this house was acquired by the Joseph and Mary Pravata family in the 1920s. Later, their son, Slidell entrepreneur Peter Pravata, added decorative cypress columns along the porch. Ultimately, the house was sold for commercial use, at one time or another housing a photographer, an interior designer and a hairdresser. In 2006, artist Brad Thompson and his wife, Debbie, purchased the house as a gallery for Brad’s world-famous oil paintings. A lover of old New Orleans architecture, Brad wanted a house that would reflect his passion for older buildings.

Source: http://www.insidenorthside.com/06NovDec/1106slidell.htm