Postcard of Immaculate Conception Parish

ID: 180 ~ Source: “Catholic Church, Convent & School Lake Charles, LA.” Harrop Book & Stationary Co., 1905, https://lakecharlespostcards.com/lake-charles-churches/.

This file appears in: A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Lake Charles, LA

This postcard, dated 1905, displays the three buildings where parish activity happened: the church, convent of the Marianites sisters, and the school.

This file appears in: A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Lake Charles, LA

A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception - Lake Charles, LA

By Briley Higginbotham

Though this church and its associated buildings were destroyed in a catastrophic fire in 1910, it has been rebuilt into something magnificent.