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Cheneyville in Rapides Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Trinity Episcopal Church

 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church Marker image. Click for full size.
May 18, 2005
1. Trinity Episcopal Church Marker
Inscription.
Gothic Revival church built of handmade brick in 1860 and designed with separate gallery for slaves. Consecrated by Bishop Leonidas Polk in 1861. Original congregation included several prominent planters of the surrounding area.
 
Erected 1979 by Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable BuildingsReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.
 
Location. 31° 1.344′ N, 92° 17.398′ W. Marker is in Cheneyville, Louisiana, in Rapides Parish. It is on Bayou Road half a mile north of Klock Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cheneyville LA 71325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana and in 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, the Viceroyalty
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of New France, 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rays Ferry 1816 (approx. 6.4 miles away); The Name Lecompte (approx. 7.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.8 miles away); Bunkie Depot Museum (approx. 7.8 miles away); The Jefferson Highway (approx. 7.8 miles away); Smith's Landing (approx. 7.8 miles away); Bailey Hotel (approx. 7.8 miles away); Bunkie Post Office (approx. 7.8 miles away).
 
Trinity Episcopal Church & Marker image. Click for full size.
May 18, 2005
2. Trinity Episcopal Church & Marker
Trinity Episcopal Church image. Click for full size.
May 18, 2005
3. Trinity Episcopal Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2015. This page has been viewed 645 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 15, 2015. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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