Submitted by Brett Culbert
This building built in 1868 served as the Ascension parish Courthouse and jail. On June 1, 2017, the Ascension Parish Council officially changed the name to Charles "Chalou" Trepagnier Building in...
Built in 1924, the Lecompte High School is a significant historic landmark of Bayou Boeuf. It's Neo-Classical style was designed by architect Scott Yeager, Jr., built by general contractor W. J....
Prospect School had its beginning in the late 1800s, having its first class at Prospect Baptist Church, which was across the road from where the first building was built. In the late 1920s...
Submitted by Gilda Spitz
RAOUL WALLENBERG PARKThis park is dedicated as a living memorial to Raoul Wallenberg,the Swedish diplomat who save the lives of tens of thousands of HungarianJews destined to die at the hands...
THIS LIBRARY STANDS ON THE SITE FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE MAHLON D. OGDEN RESIDENCE, THE ONLY HOUSE IN THE PATH OF THE GREAT FIRE OF 1871 WHICH WAS NOT BURNED PRESENTED BY THE GENERAL...
1615 Q Street, NW The Cairo apartment house, built in 1894, was (and remains) the tallest privately owned building in Washington. At 156 feet, it towered over its neighbors, prompting...