Dallard-Newman House

The lot on which the historic Dallard-Newman House stands was purchased by Ambrose Dallard in 1878, and the house itself was built in the mid-1890s. Tax assessment records from before 1900 indicate that Ambrose was the property owner, but there is no recorded value for the buildings at that time. By the 1900s, Lucy Cochran was listed as the owner of a building valued at $300, suggesting the presence of a house. Ambrose built houses in the northeast neighborhood, and it is believed that this home was built for his daughter Lucy and her husband, Charles R. Cochran. The design of the home resembles the carpentry found at the Riverbank Plantation, where Ambrose was enslaved before emancipation. According to a deed from 1905, Ambrose sold the house to his son, Noah Dallard, who later resold it to Charles Cochran, who accumulated debt. In 1907, the home was sold at auction to George A. Newman.