The Edward Douglass White House, also known as Edward Douglass White Louisiana State Commemorative Area, is a National Historic Landmark near Thibodaux, Louisiana.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
The house is owned by the Louisiana State Museum and is operated as a historic house museum known as the E. D. White Historic Site.
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