Established 1865
Oldest African-American Baptist Church in West Baton Rouge Parish. Luke Billups, Sr. a native of Virginia, built the church and served as first pastor. The community “Lukeville” grew from property he purchased in 1867. . . . — — Map (db m86902) HM
On South River Road (State Highway 988) at Antonio Road, on the right when traveling south on South River Road.
A typical raised Creole Cottage, Antonia was an early 1800's working sugar plantation. Established through a 1793 Spanish Land Grant claimed by Pierre Lebert. Zephirin Blanchard married Lebert's daughter Elsie and expanded the plantation. Blanchard . . . — — Map (db m84999) HM
On South Vaughn Drive (State Highway 1) at East St. Francis Street, on the left when traveling south on South Vaughn Drive.
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Following the 1755 exile from Nova Scotia Acadians & descendants received Spanish land grants and settled the area. Among those arriving in 1785 was Jacques Molaison, who began a business. A settlement grew around his land; the name . . . — — Map (db m86621) HM
On State Highway 1 near St. Francis Street, on the left when traveling south.
July 21, 1873 – June 27, 1961 Charles Philip Adams, Brusly native and Tuskegee Institute graduate, followed Booker T. Washington’s advice to travel to North Louisiana to develop a school. On November 1, 1901, Adams founded and opened the . . . — — Map (db m86590) HM
On Vaughan Drive south of East Francis Street when traveling south.
Herbert O. Dickerson, son of Osborne and Mary Dickerson, was born at their home on Paul Lane near Brusly, Louisiana, and raised in that area throughout his life except for his time of military service. After being drafted into the service during . . . — — Map (db m109921) HM
On Vaughn Drive at Terrill Drive, on the right when traveling north on Vaughn Drive.
Formerly Marengo Plantation, Cinclare was purchased by James H. Laws in 1878. With its own currency, work animals, plantation store, staff housing, and railroad, it was a self-sufficient sugar mill “company town.” — — Map (db m91265) HM
On Vaughn Drrive north of Lukeville Lane (Louisiana Highway 989-1), on the right when traveling north.
Established by Luke Billups in 1887 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Lukeville School has provided elementary education since its founding. In addition to serving the Lukeville community, it also served black students from nearby areas. . . . — — Map (db m86881) HM
On South River Road (State Road 988) south of Red Hat Drive, on the right when traveling south.
This institution of worship can trace its roots to the 1890s,
but it was formally chartered in 1905. The congregation was
established as Israelite Baptist Church of Brusly Landing.
The original church was a rectangular gable ended . . . — — Map (db m121116) HM
On South Kirkland Drive (Parish Route 988) at East Main Street (Parish Route 989-2), on the right when traveling south on South Kirkland Drive.
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Molaisonville
Jacques Molaison arrived in Louisiana with his family in 1785, settling on a Spanish land grant north of this site. He established a mercantile business and the community that grew around it became known . . . — — Map (db m85689) HM
On South Vaughan near East St. Francis Street, on the right when traveling north.
This plaque was displayed at entrance to the Brusly Town Hall built in 1969. Located at 150 East St. Francis Street, it was approximately 100 feet behind the present police station. It was the first structure erected specifically for town . . . — — Map (db m111614) HM
On South Vaughn Drive at East Francis Street, on the left when traveling south on South Vaughn Drive.
Open sugar kettles, originally used to produce granulated sugar, were phased out beginning about 1830. This kettle purchased from Cinclare Plantation in the 1960s by Vernon and Joyce Peavy Caffarel, was last used to water livestock.Donated by . . . — — Map (db m109938) HM
On North Kirkland Street (State Highway 988) at Blanchard Street, on the right when traveling south on North Kirkland Street.
First West Baton Rouge Parish public high school. Built in 1911 for grades 1-11 to serve students in area from Beaulieu to Chenango Plantations. WPA program completed the gym & adjacent building in 1938. Original school constructed under the . . . — — Map (db m91996) HM
Near South Kirkland Drive (State Highway 988) south of Bourgeois Street, on the right when traveling south.
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West Baton Rouge conveyance records reveal that on June 28, 1833, Jean Baptiste Hebert donated land for use as a cemetery for the congregation of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. With Hebert’s permission, the tract had already . . . — — Map (db m85121) HM
On South Kirkland Street (State Highway 988) south of Bourgeois Street, on the right when traveling south.
This community of faith was incorporated March 19. 1835
by an act of the Louisiana State Legislature as
"L'eglise de St. Jean Baptiste D'Ouest Baton Rouge."
At this time, parishioners congregated at the home of Jean
Baptiste Hebert, then later . . . — — Map (db m121181) HM
On North LaBauve Avenue at West Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North LaBauve Avenue.
Member Louisiana Live Oak Society. Estimated to be over 330 years old in the Bicentennial Year of 1976. Community gathering place for many years.
(plaque)
Back Brusly Oak preservation project
2004
made possible by a cooperative . . . — — Map (db m86589) HM
On Gwin Street at LeJeune Street, on the left when traveling east on Gwin Street.
Oral tradition recounts a visit by an African American gospel
preacher in 1804. He preached the Baptist Christian Doctrine
for the first time in West Baton Rouge near the foot of the
levee where present day Gwin St. would have met the . . . — — Map (db m121129) HM
