Amite City is the parish seat for Tangipahoa Parish
Hammond is in Tangipahoa Parish
Tangipahoa Parish(32) ► ADJACENT TO TANGIPAHOA PARISH Jefferson Parish(96) ► Livingston Parish(27) ► St. Charles Parish(19) ► St. Helena Parish(7) ► St. John the Baptist Parish(17) ► St. Tammany Parish(51) ► Washington Parish(13) ► Amite County, Mississippi(16) ► Pike County, Mississippi(45) ►
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On West Charles Place near North Oak Street, on the right. Reported missing.
C.E. Cate first settled here in 1861 and erected a saw mill, a tannery, and a shoe factory which supplied many shoes for the army of the C.S.A. After the Civil War, he played a major role in planning and promoting the town and establishing its . . . — — Map (db m201190) HM
On NW Railroad Avenue at West Church Street, on the right when traveling north on NW Railroad Avenue.
Railroad came through in 1854. Became a shoemaking center for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Town was planned in the 1860's, and by early twentieth century was known as "Strawberry Capital of America." — — Map (db m92122) HM
On Western Avenue, 0.2 miles west of North Oak Street, in the median.
Friendship Circle, designed by Edward Avery McIlhenny, Tabasco entrepreneur and naturalist, serves as the focus of a landscape plan created for the Art Deco buildings that transformed a family farm into a modern college campus between 1939 nd 1941. . . . — — Map (db m102968) HM
On West Church Street at North Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on West Church Street.
First service: March 12, 1876, by Bishop Joseph Wilmer. Rev. Herman Duncan first Rector. Land donated by C.E. Cate. Anonymous N.Y. churchwoman benefactor. Dedicated 1888 in memory of Mertie A. Cate. — — Map (db m86399) HM
On West Morris Avenue (U.S. 190) at South Pine Street, on the right when traveling east on West Morris Avenue.
Original site of Hammond Junior College, predecessor of Southeastern La. Univ. Funded by S. Tangipahoa tax. Opened Sept. 14, 1925 w/40 students and a faculty of 5. Linus A. Sims was the first president. — — Map (db m49772) HM
On Northwest Railroad Avenue at West Charlest Street, on the left when traveling north on Northwest Railroad Avenue.
This tree grew from a seed of a walnut tree at Geo. Washington's home at Mt. Vernon.
Planted February 22, 1932 by the American Legion Auxiliary and Boy Scouts of Hammond in celebration of Washington's bicentennial. Was transplanted in this . . . — — Map (db m49776) HM
On East Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.
Under this oak is buried Peter Hammond, of Sweden, who founded Hammond, La., about 1818. Nearby are the graves of his wife, three daughters, and a favorite slave boy — — Map (db m49774) HM
On Western Avenue, 0.2 miles east of North Oak Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1927 Hammond Jr. College bought the 15 acre Hunter Leake Estate at the N. end of Pine. An enlarged servants' bldg. provided classrooms, a library, and labs. In 1928 H. J. C. became Southeastern Louisiana College. — — Map (db m102965) HM
On Wardline Road (State Road 3234) west of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling west.
The Florida Parishes of Louisiana were not a part of the Louisiana Purchase. Due to its strategic significance the region remained a part of the Spanish Empire. In 1810 residents initiated an armed insurrection known as the West Florida Revolt. . . . — — Map (db m108900) HM