On Louisiana Route 531 north of Shadows Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Original log and batten dogtrot structure built circa 1838. First homesteaded by Robert and Winnie Byas. Acquired by Calvin and Hepsey Leary in 1850. Greek Revival ell wing added and plantation was . . . — — Map (db m181327) HM
On Louisiana Route 792, 0.6 miles north of Mims Grocery Road, on the left when traveling north.
B.B. McKinney was born here on July 22, 1886. He was a gospel song writer, evangelistic singer, teacher, and music editor. He composed 149 songs and was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1982. Some of his best-loved hymns are "The Nail . . . — — Map (db m181225) HM
Near Lewisville Road (Louisiana Route 159) south of East & West Street, on the right when traveling south.
Academy Park was once the home of the Minden Male Academy. Built in 1850 with funds and on land donated by civic leader W.A. Drake, it was one of two schools created from the Minden Academy that had been established in 1838. In 1852, an additional . . . — — Map (db m119214) HM
On Main Street north of West Union Street, on the left when traveling west.
National Register of Historic Places
Erected in 1910 as the Bank of Webster
Renovated and occupied 2001
Contractor - McInnis Brothers Construction, Inc.
Architect - Ballard & Associates, Inc.
The principal architectural feature is its . . . — — Map (db m181025) HM
On East & West Street west of Lewisville Road (State Route 159), on the right when traveling west.
Davis - Green House
circa 1901
Minden Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m120404) HM
In July, 1835 Countess De Leon led a group of German immigrants to this site and established a communal colony which operated successfully for 37 years.
Two descendants of the colony, Chester Krouse and Ruby Krouse, with the consent of Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m181122) HM
On Gladney Street, 0.1 miles north of Homer Road (U.S. 79), on the right when traveling north.
In memory of our pioneer settlers who built near here the first church, schoolhouse, seat of government, post office and cemetery. Here the first white child born in this Minden area is buried. — — Map (db m227934) HM
On Lewisville Road (Louisiana Route 159) at E and W Street, on the right when traveling south on Lewisville Road.
Minden Historic Residential District
In 1836 Charles Veeder, a German-American born in New York State, built an inn on a hilltop a few miles from Bayou Dorcheat. Legend has it, the inn was constructed on a salt lick that was the best deer . . . — — Map (db m120015) HM
