Chartered in 1919, the Bank of Addis was constructed the following year on land purchased from William Gassie, Jr., one of the original bank shareholders. In 1925 the Bank became a branch of the Port Allen Bank and Trust Company. Following the Stock . . . — — Map (db m85000) HM
Originally a 218.02 acre Spanish land grant to Valery Bergeron in the late 1700s, Warwick Flanigan built in 1860 a Greek Revival mansion for Isidore Daigle. In 1871 property sold to Auguste J. Levert, Sr. and Leon Bernard. Levert bought Bernard’s . . . — — Map (db m87255) HM
St. Mary's A.M.E. Church was founded on
September 16, 1888 and erected in 1889.
August Levert, plantation owner, donated
a tract of land to
Albert Henderson to build a
church under the doctrines of the
African Methodist Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m121111) HM
Addis was founded in 1881 as "Baton Rouge Junction" an important roundhouse on the Texas and Pacific Railroad. From this roundhouse passengers and freight were ferried across the river to Baton Rouge. The Texas and Pacific line was part of the . . . — — Map (db m88235) HM