Edmond Prudhomme Hughes, is the owner and manager of Hughes
ready-to-wear, at the corner of Front and Horn streets in Natchitoches,
La. He wed Martha Lawton. Their children are: Julie, Martie and Jill.
This business location, now famous for the iron lace front and iron
spiral stair case in the rear of the building was erected 108 years ago
by Gabriel Prudhomme after having assembled the materials in Europe.
Natchitochans of a 100 years ago knew this location as “La Mason de
Faseion”, and it still is that today. Mr. Hughes is a descendant of an
early family in this Natchitoches-El Camino Real area.