Downtown Riverfront in Shreveport in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Pike Hall, Jr. Courthouse

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2025

1. Pike Hall, Jr. Courthouse Marker

Inscription.
This building is named in memory of the Honorable Pike Hall, Jr., who served with distinction as a judge on the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, State of Louisiana, from 1971 to 1990 and as a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1990 until his retirement in 1994. The efforts and leadership of Pike Hall, Jr., while serving as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, made possible the completion of this building in 1987.
September 29, 2000

Erected 2000.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Law Enforcement. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1987.

Location. 32° 30.888′ N, 93° 45.069′ W. Marker is in Shreveport, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is in Downtown Riverfront. It is on Fannin Street just north of Marshall Street, on the left when traveling north. The marker is mounted at eye-level in the front entrance alcove of the Court of Appeals — Second Circuit entrance alcove. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 430 Fannin Street, Shreveport LA 71101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

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 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 walking distance of this marker: Holy Trinity Catholic Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Pro Deo et Patria (within shouting distance of this marker); Mr. Brooks

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(about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Chamber Plaza (about 600 feet away); The Pardon (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Chamber Plaza (about 600 feet away); Downtown YMCA (about 700 feet away); Shreve Memorial Library (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shreveport.

Also see . . .
1. William Pike Hall Jr. (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Pike Hall Jr. (May 27, 1931 – November 25, 1999), was an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1990 to 1994. Hall attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and Louisiana State University, and received a J.D. from the Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge in 1953. Hall practiced in Shreveport for a time and served on the Caddo Parish School Board. In 1970, Hall was elected to the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit.

(Submitted on October 31, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Courthouse Renamed for Hall (Louisiana Supreme Court newsletter).

Excerpt:
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2025

2. Pike Hall, Jr. Courthouse Marker
It is the rightmost of these three markers mounted in the Court of Appeals — Second Circuit entrance alcove.
A ceremony was held in Shreveport officially renaming the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal building the Pike Hall, Jr. Courthouse to commemorate the judicial service of the man who was a judge on the 2nd Circuit Court from 1971 to 1990, a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1990 until his retirement in 1994, and under whose leadership the 2nd Circuit was the first appellate court to be housed in a state building financed and erected exclusively for a court of appeal.
Justice Hall died in 1999 at the age of 68 and is survived by his wife Anne, his daughter Brevard and son Pike Hall, III and 5 grandchildren. In his closing remarks Chief Justice Calogero added, “I can truly say the Louisiana judiciary is better today because Pike Hall served in it for almost a quarter century.”

(Submitted on October 31, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2025

3. Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Marker

(also mounted in the alcove)
State of Louisiana
March 1987
Chief Judge Pike Hall, Jr.
JudgesCharles A. Marvin • Jasper E. Jones • Fred W. Jones, Jr.
Fred G. Sexton, Jr. • William Norris III • Charles R. Lindsay

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4. Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Marker

(also mounted in the alcove)
State of Louisiana
1986
Edwin W. Edwards, Governor
Somdal Associates, Architect
McInnis Brothers Constr., Inc., Contractor

DSU Award Marker image. Click for full size.

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5. DSU Award Marker

(also mounted in the alcove)
For outstanding contribution to Downtown Shreveport
Presented to
Court of Appeal
Downtown Shreveport Unlimited
1987

Pike Hall, Jr. Courthouse (<i>east/front elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 29, 2025

6. Pike Hall, Jr. Courthouse (east/front elevation)

Three of the markers are visible on the right side of the entrance alcove. The fourth marker (DSU Award) is out of sight on the left side.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 78 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 30, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 5, 6. submitted on October 31, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.