African American Life

Location

Representing. . .

STEAMBOAT

Cajun Queen

Steamboat

 

Donaldsonville,
Ascension Parish

Building in an Interior Port

 

Steamboat Warehouse,
Washington,
St. Landry Parish

Interior Port Warehouse

 

Desobry Building,
Plaquemine,
Iberville Parish

Interior Port Warehouse

 

Percy-Lobdell Building,
Thibodaux,
Lafourche Parish

Interior Port Warehouse

 

19th Century Steamboat Warehouse,
Orleans Parish

19th Century New Orleans Warehouse

 

19th Century Steamboat Warehouse,
Orleans Parish

19th Century New Orleans Warehouse

LUMBER

Fisher,
Sabine Parish

Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company Opera House at company town of Fisher

 

Fisher Commissary,
Sabine Parish

Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company Commissary at company town of Fisher

 

Crowell Sawmill,
Rapides Parish

Sawmill exterior

 

Crowell Sawmill,
Rapides Parish

Sawmill interior

 

Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company Headquarters,
St. James Parish

Lumber company headquarters,
interior showing fancy use of wood to show off product

 

Lyon Cypress Lumber Company Headquarters,
now Garyville Timbermill Museum,
St. John the Baptist Parish

Lyon Cypress Lumber Company Headquarters at company town of Garyville

 

Garyville Historic District,
St. John the Baptist Parish

Manager's House

 

Garyville Historic District,
St. John the Baptist Parish

Workers' Houses

 

Elizabeth Hospital Building,
Allen Parish

Industrial Lumber Company hospital building at company town of Elizabeth

 

Bentley Hotel Exterior,
Rapides Parish

Example: Hotel constructed using wealth generated by lumber industry

 

Bentley Hotel Interior,
Rapides Parish

Example: Hotel constructed using wealth generated by lumber industry

 

Sullivan House,
Washington Parish

House constructed using wealth generated by lumber industry

 

Lake Charles

House constructed using wealth generated by lumber industry

 

Lake Charles

House constructed using wealth generated by lumber industry

RICE

Conrad Rice Mill,
Iberia Parish

Rice mill

 

Rice Warehouse,
Crowley Historic District,
Acadia Parish

Rice warehouse

 

Funk House,
Jeff Davis Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

 

Bank of Abbeville,
Vermilion Parish

Example: Building constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

 

Crowley Historic District,
Acadia Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

 

Derouen House,
Jeff Davis Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

 

Janke House,
Jeff Davis Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

 

Twitchell House,
Jeff Davis Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

 

Sunny Meade,
formerly Jeff Davis,
moved to Lafayette Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

 

Abbeville Residential Historic District,
Vermilion Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by rice industry

OIL & GAS

Trees City Bank & Office Building,
Caddo Parish

Oil Company Building

 

Fairfield Historic District,
Caddo Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by oil boom

 

United Mercantile Building,
Shreveport,
Caddo Parish

Example: Commercial Building constructed using wealth generated by oil boom

 

YMCA,
Downtown Branch,
Shreveport,
Caddo Parish

Example: Building constructed using wealth generated by oil boom

 

Byrd High School,
Caddo Parish

Example: School constructed using wealth generated by oil boom

Strand Theater,
Shreveport,
Caddo Parish

Example: School constructed using wealth generated by oil boom

 

Grace Episcopal Church,
Monroe Residential Historic District,
Ouachita Parish

Example: Church constructed using wealth generated by oil/gas industry

 

Georgia Tucker School,
Monroe Residential Historic District,
Ouachita Parish

Example: School constructed using wealth generated by oil/gas industry

 

Tudor Cottage,
Monroe Residential Historic District,
Ouachita Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by oil/gas industry

 

Colonial Revival House,
Monroe Residential Historic District,
Ouachita Parish

Example: House constructed using wealth generated by oil/gas industry

 

Fairfield Historic District,
Caddo Parish

Example: Eclectic style house constructed using wealth generated by oil industry

 

Fairfield Historic District,
Caddo Parish

Example: Foursquare style house constructed using wealth generated by oil industry

RAILROAD

Arcadia Depot,
Bienville Parish

Small town depot

 

Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific Depot,
Lincoln Parish

Small town freight depot

 

New Orleans/Northeastern Depot,
St. Tammany Parish

Small town combined passenger & freight depot

 

Central Railroad Station,
Caddo Parish

Highly styled urban combined passenger & freight depot

 

DeQuincy Railroad Depot,
Calcasieu Parish

Highly styled railroad depot in smaller town

 

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Depot,
East Baton Rouge Parish

Highly styled urban combined passenger & freight depot

 

Texas and Pacific Depot,
Natchitoches Parish

Highly styled railroad depot in smaller town

 

City Hotel,
Marthaville,
Natchitoches Parish

Small town railroad hotel

 

Jefferson Hotel,
Caddo Parish

Urban railroad hotel

 

Lee Hardware Warehouse Building,
Caddo Parish

20th Century Railroad Warehouse

 

Warehouse,
New Orleans Warehouse District,
Orleans Parish

20th Century Railroad Warehouse

AUTO

3V Tourist Courts,
East Feliciana Parish,
Historic Photo

Early Motel

 

3V Tourist Courts,
East Feliciana Parish,
Modern View

Early Motel

 

Airline Motors,
St. John the Baptist Parish

Early Diner and Gas Station

 

Cottage Type Gas Station,
Calcasieu Parish

Early Gas Station

 

Amite Historic District,
Tangipahoa Parish

Early Gas Station

 

Orleans Parish

Early Gas Station

 

Wray Dickinson Building,
Caddo Parish

Early Car Dealership

 

Wray Dickinson Building,
Caddo Parish

Early Car Dealership, Detail

 

Auto Hotel,
East Baton Rouge Parish

Early Parking Garage

City Parking Garage
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
Early Parking Garage

 

Patin House,
Breaux Bridge,
St. Martin Parish

Typical Louisiana Queen Anne Revival style cottage (for comparison with Northern influenced Queen Anne)


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