DeRidder in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Shady Grove School/Community Building

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 12, 2018

1. Shady Grove School/Community Building Marker

Inscription. Built 1919-used as a school until 1928. Bought by community families to be used for cultural and social activities. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places December 2002.

Erected by Foresighted Pioneer Families Who Purchased The Building From The Parish School Board.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 30° 48.254′ N, 93° 10.494′ W. Marker is in DeRidder, Louisiana, in Beauregard Parish. It is at the intersection of State Highway 26 and Don Gray Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 26. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Deridder LA 70634, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Acadiana — Cajun Country.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

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,

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the territory 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Life in a Logging Camp (approx. 6.4 miles away); DeRidder - The Sawmill Hub (approx. 7.2 miles away); Sam Houston Jones (approx. 7.2 miles away); Beauregard Parish Gothic Jail (approx. 7.4 miles away); Gravehouses of Talbert-Pierson Cemetery (approx. 9.4 miles away); Talbert-Pierson Cemetery (approx. 9½ miles away); Shootout At Grabow (approx. 9.6 miles away); Sugartown (approx. 9.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in DeRidder.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Old Confederate Military Road (was approx. 7.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 12, 2018

2. Shady Grove School/Community Building Marker

Shady Grove School/Community Building image. Click for full size.

October 12, 2018

3. Shady Grove School/Community Building

Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 955 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 20, 2018.