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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21GR_whiteville-school-house_Opelousas-LA.html
This building is typical of a two-room country schoolhouse. It was built at a time when horse drawn carriages transported children to school. The school's original location was the northern St. Landry Parish community of Whiteville.Generally, each…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21FW_jarrell-home_Opelousas-LA.html
The expansion of the Teche Federal Bank on Landry Street in Opelousas led to the relocation of the Jarrell Home to Le Vieux VillageThe history of the house dates back to 1898 when it was the property of Dr. Vincent Boagni, a noted Opelousas physic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21EV_the-macland-plantation-bell_Opelousas-LA.html
Major Amos Webb, who built Arlington Plantation in nearby Washington, Louisiana, bought additional land near the north bank of Bayou Bouef in 1836, and built Macland Plantation for his son, Dr. Louis Archibald Webb in circa 1842.The Thislethwaite …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21EO_emar-andrepont-store_Opelousas-LA.html
Built in the 1880s by Emar Andrepont, this building is typical of an old "general" country store. Originally built in the rural St. Landry Parish community of Prairie Ronde, the store operated for nearly 100 years. It was first owned by Emar, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21EN_st-joseph-methodist-church-for-colored-people_Opelousas-LA.html
This small, single frame wood structure was built in 1948 as a house of worship for the African American Methodist congregation in the small, rural St. Landry Parish village of Palmetto. The church purchased a parcel of land located at the end of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21CR_louisiana-orphan-train-museum_Opelousas-LA.html
In 2009, a former century old Union Pacific freight depot was restored to become the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum.Opelousas was one of the many railway destinations for thousands of homeless children rescued from the streets of New York City from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21CQ_union-pacific-freight-depot_Opelousas-LA.html
Originally located on Court Street on the east-west route of the Union Pacific Railroad, this building was once used as a freight depot and it is one of the last train depots of its kind in Louisiana. The depot was used until the late 1980s, when …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM219U_la-chapelle-house_Opelousas-LA.html
The La Chapelle house stood at the corner of Union and Grolee streets in Opelousas for more that a century. Clerk of Court records indicate the home was built by Herbert La Chapelle, a French Canadian who moved to Opelousas where he purchased land…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM217T_saint-landry-parish-mural_Opelousas-LA.html
1) Sweet potatoes introduced and promoted throughout the area by John Sibille, brought prosperity and made Sunset the largest shipping point for yams in the world during the 1940's and 1950's. In the 1940's,Sunset became known as the "Sweet Potato…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216Q_sugar-kettle-c-1800_Opelousas-LA.html
Jesuit priests brought sugarcane into south Louisiana in 1751. Soon, a thriving industry was born in Louisiana.A product of the late 18th and 19th centuries, these sphere-shaped kettles which were made from cast iron, were primarily used in the pr…
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