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Abbeville in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

St. Mary Congregational Church

Est. 1885

 
 
Est. 1885 St. Mary Congregational Church Marker image. Click for full size.
June 30, 2017
1. Est. 1885 St. Mary Congregational Church Marker
Inscription. Believed to be the first school in Vermilion Parish to educate freed southern slaves. Pastored by Rev. James A. Herod, the Father of African American education in Vermilion Parish.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansEducationReligion & Religious Structures.
 
Location. 29° 58.297′ N, 92° 8.034′ W. Marker is in Abbeville, Louisiana, in Vermilion Parish. It is on South Louisiana Street 0.1 miles south of East Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 213 South Louisiana Street, Abbeville LA 70510, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Acadiana — Cajun Country and specifically in Bayou Country. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, Acadia, the territory
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of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Louisiana Story (approx. 0.2 miles away); Abbeville (approx. Ό mile away); Pιre Antoine Desirι Mιgret (approx. Ό mile away); Old Catholic Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Saint Mary Magdalen Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Old Masonic Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); Acadian Prairie Settlement (approx. 5 miles away); The Erath Sugar Company (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Abbeville.
 
Est. 1885 St. Mary Congregational Church Marker image. Click for full size.
June 30, 2017
2. Est. 1885 St. Mary Congregational Church Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 579 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 2, 2017.
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