Rayne in Acadia Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

People's Drug Store

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 26, 2023

1. People's Drug Store Marker

Inscription.
At Rayne's founding, Dr. James Morris built his Star Drug Store here in 1883, subsequently turned into Alphonse Duclos Drugs, housing both telegraph and postal services. It then became People's Drug Store under Dr. John P. Mauboules and Dr. Marion Young, before being acquired by progressive druggist, Arnold Kahn in 1914. Compounding his own nostrums, Mr. Kahn turned People's into Rayne's social center with a soda fountain featuring his unique pink cochineal nectar in 1926, and introducing air conditioning to Rayne in 1941. Sold by son, Alfred Kahn, People's was operated from 1981 to 1996, by Randal Girouard.

Erected by City of Rayne.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine.

Location. 30° 14.159′ N, 92° 16.059′ W. Marker is in Rayne, Louisiana, in Acadia Parish. It is on East Louisiana Avenue east of North Polk Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 East Louisiana Avenue, Rayne LA 70578, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jacques Weil Company (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rayne Depot Square (about 400 feet away); St. Joseph's Catholic Church & Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); Louisiana Frog Company (approx. half a mile away); Pouppeville (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Bernard Bertrand Home (approx. 0.8 miles away); Crowley Louisiana Post Office 1913 (approx. 6.4 miles away); Senator John F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign Speech (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rayne.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, December 26, 2023

2. People's Drug Store Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 518 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 1, 2024, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.