St. Landry Lumber Co, original and new building.
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As mentioned in the body, the Perkins family bought the lot next to the original building and built their new facility on it. This picture shows the old building in the foreground and the new one in the background.
This file appears in: Lifetimes of Lumber: The Story of St. Landry Lumber Co.
Lifetimes of Lumber: The Story of St. Landry Lumber Co.
St. Landry Lumber Co. is one of the oldest businesses in the Opelousas area. The oldest transactions can be dated to the 1890s. The story of its early owners quickly grows murky though, as the Opelousas Daily World says O.L. Guidry and his business…