Covington in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Walker Percy

(1916-1990)

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 14, 2016

1. Walker Percy Marker

Inscription. Covington resident, where he wrote, among others, Lancelot, The Second Coming, Love in the Ruins, The Thanatos Syndrome, The Last Gentleman, and The Moviegoer, which won the National Book Award for fiction, co-founder Fellowship of Southern Writers, graduate of the University of North Carolina, buried at St. Joseph Abbey, 3 miles north.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 30° 28.586′ N, 90° 5.437′ W. Marker is in Covington, Louisiana, in St. Tammany Parish. It is on East Boston Street (State Highway 21) east of Lee Lane, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 832 East Boston Street, Covington LA 70433, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Florida Parishes

and in Greater New Orleans.

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,

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: Bicentennial Covington #2 (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Public "Ox Lot" Parking (about 700 feet away); H.J. Smith and Sons Hardware and Museum (approx. ¼ mile away); The Covington Bank and Trust Building (approx. ¼ mile away); Columbia Street (approx. ¼ mile away); Columbia Street Landing (approx. ¼ mile away); Courthouse Square and Historic Oaks

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Public "Ox Lot" Parking (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Covington.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 14, 2016

2. Walker Percy Marker

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