Bailey Hotel
Built by Josephine Ernest between 1907 and 1909 and originally known as the Hostel Ernest, R. Lee Bailey purchased the hotel and renamed it in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of...
- louisiana
- avoyelles parish
- bunkie
- nrhp
Bunkie Wood Products
The 20-year-old Louisiana Hoop Company relocated to Bunkie in 1930. It had a priority status to supply highly demanded barrels during WWII. In 1952 the business transitioned to...
- louisiana
- avoyelles parish
- bunkie
- industry
Bunkie Coca-Cola Company
A "state of the art" Bottling facility began its operation in 1936, repeatedly winning awards for highest per capita sales. It was one of two independent Coca-Cola bottlers in Louisiana and one of...
- louisiana
- avoyelles parish
- bunkie
- coke
- industry
Merchants and Planters Bank
Constructed in 1900, the oldest bank building in Bunkie was in existence from 1900 until 1934 when the bank dissolved from financial hardships of the Great Depression. Damaged by fire in 1910,...
- louisiana
- avoyelles parish
- bunkie
- bank
Egg Pocking ⎯⎯⎯ Pâquer Les Œufs
A regional Easter tradition, competitors knock decorated hard-boiled eggs together & cracked egg loses. Name from "Pâques", French for Easter. Jeu traditionnel de Pâques. Les joueurs "Pâquent”...
- louisiana
- avoyelles parish
- legends & lore
- pomeroy
The Jefferson Highway -- Avoyelles
What part does Avoyelles play in the Jefferson Highway corridor? Highway 71 passing through Bunkie is on the Jefferson Highway. Originally, it entered into Avoyelles from Rapides Parish on...
- louisiana
- jefferson highway
- avoyelles parish
Griffins Antiques
Built in 1904 in the heart of Bunkie first as R.H. Lester Department Store, then as an antique store, Griffins Antiques continues to be a hub for local and visitor shopping experiences and comfort...
- louisiana
- avoyelles parish
- bunkie
- industry
Iry LeJeune
Eminent Cajun artist who helped return accordion to prominence in the music of Louisiana. Born near Church Point in 1928. Musicien Cadien célèbre, né près de Pointe-de-L'église en 1928. Il a...
- louisiana
- acadia parish
- cajun music
- legends & lore
- pomeroy
The Chateau of Lastorguie
American / Australian Plane Crash
Love Illuminated
Laurel Broadway Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project
Puerto la Cruz Bridge
St. George Building
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 1907 - 2007
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 100th Anniversary
The Original Boardwalk "Black & White" Ice Cream Stand
Loofe Carousel
Teche Tunnel
Running below here said to be used as an escape route for early 19th century pirate Jean Lafitte leading to Bayou Teche.
- louisiana
- new iberia
- jean lafitte
- pomeroy
Shadows-on-the-Teche
Life Began Along Bayou Teche Shadows-on-the-Teche is a historic house museum property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A white- columned brick building constructed between 1831 and...
- louisiana
- plantation
- new iberia