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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZ9_howe-institute-historical_New-Iberia-LA.html
Site of the first organized school for Black students in Iberia Parish, controlled by the Union 6th District Missionary Baptist Association, with Mr. Jonas Henderson, Sr. , principal and a dedicated staff of professionals.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RAG_frederic-henri-duperier_New-Iberia-LA.html
A native of Philadelphia whose family refugeed from Haiti, he settled here in 1816. In 1825 he married Hortense Bérard and purchased land here. A merchant and planter. he and his wife donated in 1837 the land upon which the Catholic church …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTT_the-united-states-post-office_New-Iberia-LA.html
Although a United States Post Office was established in New Iberia in 1814, local postal facilities were housed in rented space throughout the 19th century. In march 1899, through the efforts of Congressman Robert Broussard of New Iberia, congress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTS_the-steamboat-era_New-Iberia-LA.html
Throughout much of the Nineteenth Century, New Iberia was the area terminus for water-borne traffic on Bayou Teche from North and East. Barges, schooners and smaller craft plied the Teche until the coming of the steamboat. In the fall of 1830, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTR_shadows-on-the-teche_New-Iberia-LA.html
Shadows-On -The-Teche
Has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1975
National Park Service
United States Department o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTJ_the-weeks-grove_New-Iberia-LA.html
This building stands in what was known as "Weeks Grove" of Live Oak trees which extended from Bayou Teche southward for several blocks and which for years formed the eastern boundary of the town. About the turn of the century the "Weeks Grove" ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSM_the-erath-building_New-Iberia-LA.html
August Erath, born in Morat, Switzerland, in 1843 came to Louisiana in 1866 married Catherine Becht, and moved to New Iberia in 1876. Erath was a brewer by trade and practiced his art here for a few years. In 1884, he commissioned the construction…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSL_the-murray-building_New-Iberia-LA.html
Owned by the Fitzhugh Murray family for most of the 20th century, this building was occupied and leased by several buisnesses, including Deblanc and Landry Grocery, Tibby-Rouse Auto Parts, Berard Brothers Towing Company and Nick Fritella's Shoe Sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MSK_the-great-fire_New-Iberia-LA.html
About 6:00 PM, October 10, 1899, fire started in a warehouse just east of here. Within minutes, the surrounding buildings were ablaze. The entire square, from Julia to Iberia Streets and from Main to St. Peter Streets burned before midnight. Only …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MR3_the-dreyfus-building_New-Iberia-LA.html
In the late nineteenth century, the Dreyfus building functioned as a large wholesale grocery. The original brick structure dates back to the period just after the great fire of 1870. In late 1929, it was partitioned to create two buildings. The Dr…