First hung at Fire Engine Company No. 1, Vine and Main Streets, circa 1868, this bell was moved to the Fire Station—City Hall—Central Market erected 1898 on Main. About 1900 the Bernard Blacksmith Shop, later the A.M. Bernard Wagon . . . — — Map (db m98516) HM
Throughout much of the nineteenth century, New Iberia was the area terminus for water-borne traffic on Bayou Teche from north and east. Barges, schooners and smaller craft plied the Teche until the coming of the steamboat. In the fall of 1830, the . . . — — Map (db m87096) HM
Constructed after the Great Fire of 1899, these buildings once housed Jake Weil's clothing store named The Hub and Schwing and Carsten's Department Store. In 1932, Justin Wormser established Wormser's Department Store in the westernmost building. . . . — — Map (db m104449) HM
The Sixty-six STAR was born in 1931, with Stanley Stein as its editor. The name was selected by Carville patient and Texas pharmacist, Stanley Levyson (AKA Stanley Stein). It was first published as a mimeograph sheet dealing with hospital . . . — — Map (db m104261) HM
On March 13, 1889, Rev. Robert Morrison established the Nazarene Baptist Church one and one half miles north of this site on Australia Point where the community of Morrisonville developed. Due to levee setbacks in 1921 residents relocated to . . . — — Map (db m87258) HM
Le 21 septembre 1901 á Evangéline, á 5 milles au nord-est, le forage du puits no. 1 Jules Clement de la compagnie "Jennings Oil" fut terminé par W. Scott Heywood et ses associés. C'est ainsi que commença l'importante industrie louisianaise du . . . — — Map (db m103076) HM
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Long-horned Spanish cattle introduced by Aroyelles Indians long before the French arrived on the scene; used as foundation stock by pioneers.
Acadians and others settled area, 1760’s; developed vacheries . . . — — Map (db m117353) HM
Ferry operated from 1898 to 1942 with two transfer boats. One, the Gouldsboro, named for railroad magnate Jay Gould, was built in 1863 as the Federal Monitor Chickasaw and saw action at the Battle of Mobile Bay. — — Map (db m129478) HM
Established in 1876, John Stumpf's Son Co. manufactured
insecticides which aided the successful completion of
the Panama Canal. In 1915 "Magic Hoodoo" products
received the Medal of Award at the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition. — — Map (db m129516) HM
At the turn of the 19th century, in nearby Barataria Bay, a group of Filipinos built raised structures on stilts above the water which became known as Manila Village. These shrimp drying platform structures became the forerunners of the Louisiana . . . — — Map (db m109647) HM
Opened at 110 Shrewsbury Road in 1944 to serve African Americans during segregation. Proprietor Ellis L. Marsalis, Sr., was Jazz musician family patriarch & Civil Rights pioneer. Closed in 1986. — — Map (db m104702) HM
Built in 1857 for François Pascalis de Labarre IV. Occupied by Union Troops during the Civil War. After 1892 was a gambling casino, Jesuit retreat house and St. Agnes Church. Magnolia School since 1935. — — Map (db m125236) HM
This is a ¼ scale model of a parabolic trough Concentrating Solar
Power (CSP) collector. CSP collectors like this gather solar energy by
using mirrors or lenses to focus the energy of roughly 100 suns on the
receiver tube, which then becomes . . . — — Map (db m238493) HM
Eddy Knight opened Knight Specialties in 1972, originally
using his vehicle as an office and his family's garage and
backyard for inventory storage. Later, Eddy opened
Knight's first official stock point in Morgan City,
Louisiana. Eddy . . . — — Map (db m238475) HM
With a capacity of 650 kW thermal and 50 KW electrical, the START
Lab is the only CSP testing facility of its kind in the Southeast United
States. The facility was commissioned in December 2012 and occupies
a one acre field in Crowley,
LA. The . . . — — Map (db m238478) HM
Built: C. 1950
Architectural Style: Mid Century Modern
This property is mostly associated with the Joseph and Florida Petro
family who built this Mid Century Modern grocery store in the 1950s
after over 25 years of success in the grocery . . . — — Map (db m238264) HM
Architectural Style: Creole Cottage This Creole Cottage was moved several blocks from its original
location, Downtown Lafayette at Vermilion and Jefferson
Streets, to make room for the Gordon Hotel. The house originally
belonged to the home of . . . — — Map (db m236666) HM
Architectural Style: Vernacular Storefront
Martin's Hat Shop operated at this address in "Freetown" between
circa 1942 and 2008. The history of the business goes back to 1915,
when the hat shop was located at 115 W. Cypress Street, not far . . . — — Map (db m228408) HM
Larose, located at the crossroads of Bayou Lafourche and the Intercoastal Canal, called Canal Harang until the first Post Office was opened around 1890. Was named for Joseph Felicien Larose, a pharmacist who acted as an unofficial Postmaster. A . . . — — Map (db m85767) HM
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City of Thibodaux
Incorporated as a town on March 10, 1838. Early records show settlement existed in late 1790's as an important trading post for the Lafourche country. Named for Henri Schuyler Thibodaux . . . — — Map (db m81071) HM
Born in 1834, in Donaldsonville, Francis Nicholls attended West Point but turned to the law. He established his own law practice in Napoleonville in the late 1850s before entering the Army of the Confederacy as a Captain during the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m114103) HM
Built 1901 by Fred Dubach of Wisconsin. He established one of largest lumber companies in South here, 1899. Town soon developed. Dubach Lumber Co. and home later sold to T. L. James who lived here until 1921. House owned and occupied by Trammel . . . — — Map (db m221107) HM
Calvin, Wilkerson was a
renowned entrepreneur and a caring
and compassionate member of the Grambling
community. Wilkerson was one of the first
African Americans to serve on the Lincoln
Parish School Board and he worked to get
blacks . . . — — Map (db m150730) HM
Grambling's early development was centered
around a small sawmill owned by a millright
named Judson Hartwell Grambling, a
European American for whom the town and
university are named. Around 1884, Judson
bought land in the area that would . . . — — Map (db m150342) HM
Thomas Morehead is a native of Monroe, Louisiana,
and a graduate of Grambling State University. Instead
of a career in teaching, Morehead took a leap of faith for
an uncertain shot at learning the automotive business
from the ground up. In . . . — — Map (db m159014) HM
Originally established in 1853 overlooking Bayou D'Arbonne. In this location since 1888, when present building constructed. This country store has been a community focal point. Unionville is the home of the Colvin family reunion. — — Map (db m138771) HM
Site of the original seat of government of Lincoln Parish which was created in 1873. Settlement of Vienna began in 1830's and town incorporated in 1848. Early business center of North Central Louisiana. First local post office known as . . . — — Map (db m195465) HM
William Oscar Osgood and his wife, Clara Rheams, owned and ran the Osgood General Merchandise Store on this corner for most of the first half of the 20th century, until it changed hands in 1943. The store was the center of a thriving community long . . . — — Map (db m189178) HM
Forced to remove cotton seeds by
hand, each enslaved worker could
pick seeds from only one pound of
cotton per day. The hand-cranked
cotton gin (short for engine),
patented by Ell Whitney in 1794,
revolutionized the industry by
removing . . . — — Map (db m227823) HM
Many African cultures had an
iron-working tradition which was
passed down from father to son.
Plantations required blacksmiths
to make and repair tools and
hardware. While the Blacksmith
Shop no longer stands, the work
of these craftsmen . . . — — Map (db m242152) HM
Andre Seguin built the first dry dock in Algiers in 1819 on land purchased from Barthelemy Duverjé. As the City did not want ship building and repair businesses on their side of the river, those businesses blossomed along this side of the river, . . . — — Map (db m116923) HM
This site 1781-1820 plantation of Jean Etienne Boré (1741-1820) First Mayor of N.O. 1803-1804. Here Boré first granulated sugar in 1795. Purchased for park in 1871. Site of World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884-1885. — — Map (db m117167) HM
According to a famous story, a Louisiana Black Bear was the inspiration for the first “teddy bear.” In 1902, President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was hunting in Louisiana and Mississippi. The hunt went on for days without . . . — — Map (db m117201) HM
Short trail from Lake Pontchartrain to River shown by Indians to Iberville and Bienville, 1699. Winding trail used by early travelers to city. From Bayou St. John it led to N. Broad, Bayou Roads, Vieux Carre to Mississippi River at site between . . . — — Map (db m56026) HM
Located in the Carrollton neighborhood, this house has a rich history thanks to a succession of fascinating owners, including Placide Reynes, a free man of color; William Theodore Jay, a wealthy businessman; Philip Werlein IV, chairman of Werlein's . . . — — Map (db m229770) HM
The original Bank of Louisiana in New Orleans was chartered by Governor Claiborne in 1804 and its board included Julien Poydras and John McDonogh. The bank was formed after the Louisiana Purchase to provide the currency for the citizens of Louisiana . . . — — Map (db m51591) HM
This is to certify that
918-920 Poydras Street
was entered into the
National Registry of Historic Places
as part of the
Upper Central Business District Historic District
under the provisions of the
National Historic Preservation Act . . . — — Map (db m133954) HM
This square of ground on which Le Pavillon Hotel now stands has had many historical associations over the years, which together form an interesting chapter in the romantic story of New Orleans.
In the early eighteen hundreds, this property . . . — — Map (db m117319) HM
Erected in 1859 William A. Freret, Jr., Architect C. Crozier, Carpenter-Builder
The local foundry of Bennett & Lurges crafted the cast-iron facade, touted as a demonstration that highly accomplished iron work could be manufactured in New . . . — — Map (db m215066) HM
This Art Deco historical preservation building was designed by architect Moise H. Goldstein and built in 1931. It originally operated as Feibleman's Department Store.
This building was occupied by the Sears-Roebuck department store from 1936 . . . — — Map (db m239607) HM
On this site from 1835 to 1924 stood the Citizens State Bank, originator of the “Dixie.” In its early days, the bank issued its own $10 bank note, with the French work “Dix” for “ten” printed on the note’s face. . . . — — Map (db m122348) HM
Erected 1888
Sully and Toledano, Architects
The main office of this Bank,
organized November 5, 1883,
was located in this red granite building
from 1888 until its adjacent building
was erected in 1911.
The newer building . . . — — Map (db m236138) HM
One of three once identical row houses erected in 1834 for Henry Raphael Denis, an attorney.
Dr. Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), Japanese chemist, philanthropist and co-commissioner for the 1884-1885 World’s Cotton Exposition, is said to have . . . — — Map (db m55033) HM
This land for more than 60 years a part of the electric distribution system serving New Orleans, was donated to the City of New Orleans by New Orleans Public Service, Inc. and named in honor of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor and creative genius, a . . . — — Map (db m80412) HM
An important part
of Louisiana's heritage is the famous
Creole cuisine which produced such
tasty delicacies as the praline, crisp
candy made by adding pecans to boiling
sugar. A similar confection was made
in France with almonds, but . . . — — Map (db m54194) HM
In 1991 in celebration of the bicentennial of its first market hall, the French Market rededicates itself to the perpetuation and expansion of the traditional market offerings of the bounty of Louisiana - its land, its waters, its cultures - in . . . — — Map (db m21841) HM
Constructed in 1868 by renowned New Orleans architect/builder Henry Howard, this building was comprised of six bonded warehouses, serving the thriving maritime commerce of the French Quarter Riverfront throughout the late 19th and early 20th . . . — — Map (db m131614) HM
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Jackson Square has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.
This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and interpreting the . . . — — Map (db m21859) HM
Fred J. Cassibry (1918-1996), U.S. Navy WWII veteran, served on the New Orleans City Council, Orleans District Court, U.S. District Court, E.D. La., and the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation. Throughout his 40 years of public . . . — — Map (db m51333) HM
Fred J. Cassibry (1918-1996), U. S. Navy WWII veteran, served on the New Orleans City Council, Orleans Civil District Court, U. S. District Court, E. D. La., and the Louisiana Economic Development and Gaming Corporation. Throughout his 40 years of . . . — — Map (db m239361) HM
Jean-François Merieult, like many merchants involved in transatlantic shipping during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was also a slave trader. In 1803, the year of the Louisiana Purchase, Merieult financed three slave ship voyages, which . . . — — Map (db m221563) HM
A tradition in the french quarters. This is the
bar known to travelers the world over. From it
came the famous absinthe drip. The bar where
Jean E Pierre LaFitte, Andrew Jackson,
Mark Twain and other celebrities were served.
If it could talk . . . — — Map (db m54858) HM
This historical building that is home to Pat O’Brien’s Bar was built in 1791 as a private home that became the first Spanish Theater in the United States. It was later purchased by the Deflechie family as their residence until the building was . . . — — Map (db m51376) HM
Picayune Pier, near the French Market, rose and fell with the various levels of the river, making docking easy for small boats like oyster luggers. — — Map (db m171092) HM
Land grant from King Louis XV of France to Bienville’s Lieutenant, Louis Boucher de Granpré circa, 1725. In 1775 the tract was sold to Chevalier Jean Lavillebeuvre, “Sieur de Garrios”, Indian agent for the Colony from 1780 to 1797. . . . — — Map (db m51526) HM
Thousands of bales of cotton could be loaded onto a riverboat; they were often stacked high enough to block the windows of staterooms and the grand salon. — — Map (db m171091) HM
The luxurious St. Louis Hotel included a bank, ballroom, shopping arcade, and trading exchange. Six days a week, under the hotel's domed rotunda, auctioneers sold off land and goods as well as thousands of enslaved people. — — Map (db m221556) HM
The sugar wharves at the port were located where Woldenberg Park and the Aquarium of the Americas stand today. The Jax Brewery, built in 1892, is visible here to your far left. — — Map (db m171089) HM
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Ancient French Market dates its legal birth from September 10, 1784, when the “Authorities of Justice and Administration” decided that all retailers in the city should conduct their businesses on this spot.
In 1791 . . . — — Map (db m51556) HM
Three generations of Tortorici’s have owned The Nationally Famous Tortorici Restaurant.
Louis Tortorici left his native Italy for New Orleans and founded the Contessa Entellina Society, and on September 8, 1886 he became its first president.
His . . . — — Map (db m51334) HM
Malcolm Woldenberg, one of Louisiana’s greatest philanthropists of the 20th century, dedicated his wealth to helping local, national, and international charities in aid of the elderly, children’s health, education, the worldwide Jewish community, . . . — — Map (db m51288) HM
In 1832 this site was part of
the J.F.E. Levaudais Plantation and
was acquired under French grant.
Prior to 1880 the property formed
a part of the City of Lafayette,
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Dedicated 1944
To Dining in the Grand . . . — — Map (db m51662) HM
The canal you see before you was created in the 1830's by the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company for drainage and commerce. Over 8,000 Irish immigrants died digging the canal through mosquito infested swamp. Across the canal developed a . . . — — Map (db m155941) HM
Walgreens is proud to make New Orleans the site of our 6,000th store celebration.The unwavering spirit of our employees and customers here continue to inspire us."We believe in today and the work we are doing, in tomorrow and the work we hope to do . . . — — Map (db m155715) HM
On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied Forces. The Higgins landing boats revolutionized . . . — — Map (db m87552) HM
Congo Square is in the “vicinity” of a spot which Houmas Indians used before the arrival of the French for celebrating their annual corn harvest and was considered sacred ground. The gathering of enslaved African vendors in Congo Square . . . — — Map (db m20954) HM
Dooky Chase's Restaurant gained notoriety as a safe place where people of all races could
sit down to meet and discuss strategies for the Civil Rights Movement. Iconic civil rights
leaders such as Oretha Castle Haley, A.P. Tureaud, Ernest "Dutch" . . . — — Map (db m204398) HM
A family owned & operated business founded on
St. Patrick's Day 1980 by Enoch Doyle & Yvette Jeter.
Known internationally for live music & comradery
among patrons, Enoch's legacy lives on. A toast to
all who have passed through it's doors. . . . — — Map (db m244196) HM
First Southern Pine Fourdrinier Kraft Linerboard in United States was made here in 1925 by Brown Paper Mill Co. Original paper machine installed in 1924 — — Map (db m133737) HM
The first steamboat came into this area in 1819. Soon after, Trenton became the most important cotton shipping center on the Ouachita River. It was incorporated in 1870. It lost its importance soon after the railroad bridge across the River at . . . — — Map (db m150011) HM
About 18 miles below Ft. Jackson at Head of Passes, the Mississippi River branches into Southwest Pass, South Pass and Pass A Lutre before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. As early as 1723 French colonists found navigation difficult and looked . . . — — Map (db m205283) HM
Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake Washington, 10 miles SW. — — Map (db m205281) HM
Side A Unnamed during the colonial period, Alexandria's beginnings as the major city in central Louisiana are traced to ca. 1797, when the "seat of justice" for Rapides Post was transferred from the north to the south bank of Red River. By . . . — — Map (db m38290) HM
Alexandria Daily Town Talk The newspaper's first edition appeared on March 17, 1883. It was the inspiration and work of two printers, Edgar Hammond McCormick and Henarie Morrison Hule. McCormick, the senior partner, was a native of St. Louis . . . — — Map (db m116013) HM
The Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce was founded on March 30, 1914 at the Hotel Bentley by 250 business and professional leaders to foster unity and opportunity for the region. — — Map (db m116004) HM
Commissioned by William Sherman Cook; built by J. D. Bragg in
1904 1905. Mr. Cook was born in Simcoe Province, Ontario,
Canada. He bought this property in 1901, originally a tract
of 10 acres bordered by Monroe, Florence, Olive, and Cook
Avenue, . . . — — Map (db m124896) HM
In the early 1800's Josiah Chambers purchased 6,000 acres. His son, Josiah Chambers, Jr., upgraded the property, built a race track and developed transportation links via roads, bayou navigation and railroad, eventually expanding to almost 10,000 . . . — — Map (db m117593) HM
This structure was built on property that once belonged to Alexander Fulton. He had acquired it at the end of the 18th century from Marguerite Cecile Christophe Varrangue. Various persons occupied this site until it was acquired by Rapides Bank in . . . — — Map (db m38324) HM
Side A After having been ravaged by fire during the Civil War, Alexandria was rebuilt and, with the building of railroads after Reconstruction, regained its place as the commercial, financial, medical and transportation center of central . . . — — Map (db m38287) HM
Four 19th century Rapides Parish residents served Louisiana as governor. Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856), a Bayou Rapides cotton planter, was governor 1850-53 -- the first to be installed in the newly-designated Baton Rouge capital. During his . . . — — Map (db m38325) HM
Side A Twenty-seven miles southeast of Tucumcari, New Mexico, Red River originates in the watershed of the Frio Draw on the Llano Estacado at an elevation of about 5000 feet. Flowing eastward through Palo Duro Canyon, it subsequently forms . . . — — Map (db m38326) HM
Carved of Indiana limestone, originally a part of the Guaranty Bank Building constructed in 1921. Salvaged in 1965 during a major building remodeling, and returned to Guaranty in 1981. — — Map (db m38328) HM
The hotel was built in 1907-1908 by Joseph A. Bentley, prominent lumberman and businessman. Bentley came to Central Louisiana from Pennsylvania to engage in the sawmill business and the cutting of the virgin pine forest which was the first serious . . . — — Map (db m38323) HM
These solid iron gears were moved here from the old sugar
refinery at Meeker, LA during the mid-1980s. The old sugar
mill was built in 1912 and closed in 1981. It was a cooperative enterprise with various local farmers as its shared
owners. For . . . — — Map (db m227362) HM
This little one room store belonged to Mr. Isaac "Ike" Potter,
a life-long resident of Lecompte. He was born in July 1895
and died in October 1972. He opened the store in the early
1950s after he retired as a mechanic from Roby Motor
Company in . . . — — Map (db m227522) HM
The "Jitneys" replaced mules and manpower in moving lumber buggies around the mill yard.The 2 jitneys were built in the machine shop at Long Leaf from Chevrolet engines and scrap metal under the supervision of Dick Stokeld, foreman from 1948 to . . . — — Map (db m134439) HM
This shop-built yarding outfit on a Ford F6 truck was a very adaptable logging aid. It traveled at truck speeds on the highways and was quick and easy to set up and take down. It could pull logs from any direction up to 500 feet. It was used for . . . — — Map (db m134459) HM
This Building is the Second Long Leaf post office It was built in the 1918-20 expansion, and was located across the railroad tracks from this spot. Also on the other side of the tracks were located a hotel, barber shop, and the doctor's office. . . . — — Map (db m134352) HM
The machine In front of you is the last remaining example of what was known as a "Clyde Skidder". Developed by the Clyde Iron Works of Duluth MN, shortly after 1902 and modified several times thereafter. In its initial version, it consisted of a . . . — — Map (db m134959) HM
Wood burning, steam powered, 4 line, re-haul skidder on wheels. A wire rope was run from its metal booms to the woods where logs were hooked and hauled into piles near the tracks. This is the only double-end skidder known to exist! — — Map (db m134361) HM
The DRY KILNS were necessary to transform the lumber from its green (or wet) condition into a low-moisture-content product for sales and economical transport. The kilns enabled the management of controlled conditions of heat and stream to remove . . . — — Map (db m134536) HM
The depot was built on this site about 1906 as a joint agency of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern RR and the Red River and Gulf RR. Both shared expenses equally, and the RR&G provided housing for the agent in the house on your left as you . . . — — Map (db m134349) HM
The Planer mill building is the oldest surviving building at Long Leaf. While this building may have been constructed as early as 1895, it most probably dates from 1898, when Crowell and Spencer changed from partnership, to a corporation, Crowell & . . . — — Map (db m134437) HM
Long Leaf was rebuilt for the fifth and final time in 1957. At that time the mill was converted to electricity, the logging was taken over by trucks, and the log pond was filled and closed. At the same time, a new dry kiln replaced the 1936 kiln, . . . — — Map (db m134576) HM
This is the log pnd area. The log pond was in service from 1895, (when the logging railroad was built) until 1954, when the mill was closed for the first time. After the 1957 rebuilding and the conversion of logging to trucks, there was no need for . . . — — Map (db m134615) HM
This sawmill is the third sawmill built at Long Leaf. It replaced the initial steam powered sawmill at this location, which was built between 1893 and 1895 and burned on October 1, 1900. That mill was the second located here, replacing the earliest . . . — — Map (db m134664) HM
Before the 1950's the planer mill, sawmill and warehouses were connected by a series of wooden tramways. These lumber carts were used to transport rough and unfinished lumber and molding between the buildings. Some of the carts were pushed by hand, . . . — — Map (db m134375) HM
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