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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

 
Clickable Map of Rapides Parish, Louisiana and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Rapides Parish, LA (182) Allen Parish, LA (15) Avoyelles Parish, LA (99) Evangeline Parish, LA (6) Grant Parish, LA (16) LaSalle Parish, LA (3) Natchitoches Parish, LA (108) Vernon Parish, LA (53)  RapidesParish(182) Rapides Parish (182)  AllenParish(15) Allen Parish (15)  AvoyellesParish(99) Avoyelles Parish (99)  EvangelineParish(6) Evangeline Parish (6)  GrantParish(16) Grant Parish (16)  LaSalleParish(3) La Salle Parish (3)  NatchitochesParish(108) Natchitoches Parish (108)  VernonParish(53) Vernon Parish (53)
Alexandria is the parish seat for Rapides Parish
Adjacent to Rapides Parish, Louisiana
      Allen Parish (15)  
      Avoyelles Parish (99)  
      Evangeline Parish (6)  
      Grant Parish (16)  
      La Salle Parish (3)  
      Natchitoches Parish (108)  
      Vernon Parish (53)  
 
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1 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Alexander Fulton Park
On Third Street near Johnston Street when traveling south.
2 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Alexandria
On 3rd Street north of Johnston Street, on the left when traveling south.
3 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Alexandria Daily Town Talk / Old Courthouse Square
On Main Street (Louisiana Route 1208-4) near Lee Street.
4 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Alexandria Library
On Washington Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Street.
5 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Alexandria's Oldest Hospital
On Medical Center Drive at 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Medical Center Drive.
6 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Arna Wendell Bontemps Home
On Third Street at St. James Street, on the right when traveling south on Third Street.
7 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce 100th Anniversary
On Third Street south of Jackson Street (Business U.S. 165), on the left when traveling south.
8 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Central Louisiana Connection
On Elliot Street at Fourth Street on Elliot Street.
9 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — City Of Alexandria Post Des Rapides
On Murray Street at Third Street, on the right when traveling north on Murray Street.
10 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Commercial Building — Built c. 1915
On 3rd Street at Johnston Street, on the left when traveling east on 3rd Street.
11 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Cook Home
On Florence Avenue south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south.
12 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Edwin Epps House
On Water Tower Drive south of Middleton Drive, on the right when traveling north.
13 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Emmanuel Baptist Church
On Jackson Street west of 4th Street, on the right when traveling west.
14 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — England AFB Heritage Park
On England Drive, on the left when traveling east.
15 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — England Air Force Base History
On England Drive, on the left when traveling east.
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16 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Epps House
On Water Tower Rd. (Acorn Dr.), 0.2 miles south of Middleton Dr., on the left when traveling south.
17 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Epps House — Solomon Northup's Gateway To Freedom
On Water Tower Avenue north of Gregg Marshall Drive, on the right when traveling north.
18 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
On England Drive, on the left when traveling east.
19 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Headquarters 1st Calvary Division, Army of West La., May 8, 1864
On Grady Britt Drive east of West Campus Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
20 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Huie Dellmon House
On St. James Street near 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
21 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Kent Plantation House
On Bayou Rapides Road (State Highway 496) west of North MacArthur Drive (U.S. 71), on the left when traveling west.
22 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Lee Street Riot of 1942
On Lee Street north of 9th Street, on the right when traveling north.
23 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Little Walter
On Lee Street at Warshauser Street, on the left when traveling south on Lee Street.
24 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Louisiana Baptist Convention
On MacArthur Drive, 0.2 miles south of Castle Road.
25 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Louisiana Maneuvers
On DeSoto Street north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.
26 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — LTV Aerospace Vought A-7D Corsair II
On England Drive, on the left when traveling east.
27 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Melady House — Circa 1870, circa 1905
On England Drive (State Road 498) west of Rosemary Drive, on the right when traveling west.
28 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — North American F-86 Sabre
On England Drive, on the left when traveling east.
29 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Oakland Hall
Near Middleton Road east of West Campus Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
30 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Oakland Plantation
On Central Campus Avenue near Grady Britt Road.
31 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Old Rapides Bank Building
On Main Street at Murray Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
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32 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback
On Johnson Street at Second Street, on the left when traveling north on Johnson Street.
33 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Post-Civil War Alexandria
On 3rd Street north of Johnston Street, on the left when traveling south.
34 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Rapides Parish Governors
On Main Street at Murray Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
35 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Red River
Near Murray Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
36 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Reflection of a Youth / We Must Not Forget — Alexandria Holocaust Memorial
On Fourth Street at Elliot Street, on the right on Fourth Street.
37 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Republic F-105 Thunderchief
On England Drive, on the left when traveling east.
38 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
On England Drive, on the left when traveling east.
39 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Complex
On 4th Street west of Elliott Street, on the right when traveling west.
40 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — St. James Episcopal Church
On Murray Street at North Bolton Avenue (State Highway 1), on the right when traveling west on Murray Street.
41 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — The Guaranty Eagles
On Murray Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on Murray Street.
42 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — The Hotel Bentley
On 3rd Street west of DeSoto Street, on the right when traveling west.
43 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — The James Wade Bolton House
On Main Street (Louisiana Route 1208-4) north of St. James Street, on the left when traveling north.
44 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — The Jewish Temple — Congregation Gemiluth Chassodim
On Turner Street east of Beech Street, on the right when traveling east.
45 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — The Rotary Club of Alexandria, Louisiana
On Third Street at Murray Street, on the left when traveling south on Third Street.
46 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — The Trials of Nazis at Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-49 — Subsequent Nuremberg Trails and Judge Paul M. Hebert
On Elliott Street.
47 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Alexandria — Thomas Courtland Manning — 1825-1887
On 3rd Street south of Murray Street, on the left when traveling south.
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48 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Castor Plunge — Camp Packard - Company 1446
On Twin Bridges Road (State Highway 488) at Messina Road, on the left when traveling south on Twin Bridges Road.
49 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Cheneyville — Trinity Episcopal Church
On Bayou Road, 0.5 miles north of Klock Street, on the right when traveling north.
50 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Elmer — Moon Tree — Planted in April 1976
On Turnage Road south of Twin Bridges Road (State Highway 488), on the right when traveling south.
51 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Forest Hill — African -American Soldiers at Camp Claiborne
On Louisiana 112 near U.S. 165.
52 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Forest Hill — Camp Claiborne
On U.S. 165 at State Highway 112, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 165.
53 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Forest Hill — Camp Claiborne — Birthplace of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions
On Fourth Street (East Johnston Road) north of State Highway 112, on the right when traveling west.
54 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Forest Hill — Camp Claiborne — Birthplace of the 761st Tank Battalion
On Louisiana Route 112, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 165.
55 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Forest Hill — Camp Claiborne, LA — Birthplace of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions
On State Highway 112 west of U.S. 165, on the right when traveling west.
56 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Forest Hill — Central Louisiana's Role in World War II — Kisatchie National Forest: Drafted for Military Service
On Louisiana 112 near U.S. 165.
57 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Forest Hill — Training At Camp Claiborne / Life At Camp Claiborne
On Louisiana 112 near U.S. 165.
58 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Glenmora — Glenmora Cemetery
On Eighth Street south of Eighth Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
59 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Lecompte — Dr. Whitehead's Medical Office
Near Saint Charles Avenue near Fry Road, on the right when traveling north.
60 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Lecompte — Lecompte High School — National Register of Historic Places 1992
On Veterans Drive west of Canal Street, on the right when traveling west.
61 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Lecompte — Meeker Sugar Refinery Gears
On Charter street near St. Charles Avenue.
62 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Lecompte — Potter's Grocery
On Saint Charles Avenue near Fry Road.
63 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Lecompte — Smith's Landing
On Hardy Street near Water Street, on the right when traveling south.
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64 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Lecompte — The Name Lecompte
On U.S. 71/167 at Louisiana Highway 112, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 71/167.
65 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Lecompte — Town of Lecompte
On Weems Avenue west of Bank Street, on the right when traveling west.
66 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Libuse — Libuse Czech Colony
On Industrial/Ceter Road, 0.3 miles south of State Highway 28, on the left when traveling south.
67 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — "Jitney"
Near Long Leaf Road.
68 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — "Loggers Dream"
Near Long Leaf Road.
69 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Across The Tracks — The Barber Shop, Post Office, Hotel and Doctor's Office
Near Long Leaf Road when traveling north.
70 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Clyde Double Drum-Cable Outhaul Log Skidder
Near Long Leaf Road.
71 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Clyde Log Skidder — 1919 — Clyde Iron Works Duluth, Minnesota —
Near Long Leaf Road.
72 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Crowell and Spencer Engine #400
Near Long Leaf Road.
73 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Dry Kilns, Old & New — Informational Trail Sign
Near Long Leaf Road.
74 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Locomotive #400 — 1919
Near Long Leaf Road.
75 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Locomotive Graveyard
Near Long Leaf Road.
76 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Long Leaf Depot — This Location is the site of the Long Leaf Depot
On Long Leaf Road, 0.3 miles north of State Highway 497.
77 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Long Leaf Planer Mill — Ca. 1898 to 1969 (and today)
Near Long Leaf Road.
78 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Long Leaf Sawmill — 1957 to 1969 (and present)
Near Long Leaf Road.
79 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Long Leaf Sawmill — The Log Pond and the log washer, 1895 to 1969
Near Long Leaf Road.
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80 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Long Leaf Sawmill — 1900 to 1957
Near Long Leaf Road.
81 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Lumber Carts
Near Long Leaf Road.
82 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Lumber Transfer — 1956 — Moore Dry Kiln Company, Jacksonville, Florida —
Near Long Leaf Road.
83 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Old Planer Mill Machinery
Near Long Leaf Road.
84 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Red River and Gulf RR Locomotive #106
Near Long Leaf Road.
85 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — Straddle Truck — 1957 — Hyster Model MD5760 —
Near Long Leaf Road.
86 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — The "Roundhouse", The Machine Shop and the "Car Knockers Shed"
Near Long Leaf Road.
87 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — The Commissary
Near Long Leaf Road.
88 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Long Leaf — The McGiffert Log Loader
Near Long Leaf Road.
89 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 1000 Block Main Street
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) north of Valley Street, on the right when traveling north.
90 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 1100 Block Main Street
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) at Hill Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
91 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 1101 Main Street
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) near Hill Street, on the right when traveling south.
92 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 200 Block of Main Street
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) south of Willow Street, on the right when traveling north.
93 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 300 Block Main Street
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) north of Hardtner Street, on the right when traveling south.
94 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 600 Block Main Street East
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) 0.1 miles north of Leroy Street, on the right when traveling north.
95 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 600 Block Main Street West
On Main Street (Bypass U.S. 165) south of Hayden Street, on the right when traveling south.
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96 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 700 Block Main Street
On Main Street west of Shamrock Street, on the left when traveling west.
97 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 800 Block Main Street
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) north of East Shamrock Street, on the right when traveling north.
98 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 835 Main Street
On Main Street (Business State Highway 165) west of Reagan Street, on the right when traveling west.
99 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 88th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion — Give Way
On E Street near 3rd Street.
100 Louisiana, Rapides Parish, Pineville — 900 Block of Main Street
On Main Street (Business U.S. 165) south of Camille Drive, on the right when traveling south.

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Apr. 26, 2024