Stories by author "Rachel Blomquist": 5
Stories
The Many Faces of a Store – Store to Museum
LOCATION: LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LA
COORDINATES: 30.225685, -92.018216 (433 JEFFERSON ST.)
STATUS: REPLACED
Like in many towns anywhere in the world, buildings can take on different faces throughout their lives. Lafayette is no…
Hidden Town of Sherburne – Louisiana's Lumber Towns
LOCATION: POINTE COUPEE PARISH, LA
COORDINATES: 30.462429, -91.714972
STATUS: FORGOTTEN AND LOST
In the 1880s the lumber business came to Louisiana and as the tracts of uncut forest were large, sawmills easily popped up, as the mill itself…
Old City Hall – Lafayette's First City Hall and National Registered Historic Place
LOCATION: LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LA
COORDINATES: 30.222657, -92.020472 (217 W. MAIN ST. LAFAYETTE)
STATUS: FORGOTTEN
One of the first buildings in the town of Lafayette to be on the National Register of Historic Places was, the…
The Lost Town of Morrisonville
LOCATION: PLAQUEMINE, IBERVILLE PARISH, LA
COORDINATES: 30.322331, -91.227700 (Nazarene Baptist’s Cemetery)
STATUS: LOST
The small, historic town of Morrisonville in Iberville Parish is not only lost to its past residences but also to…
The Largest Plantation Ever Built – Belle Grove Plantation
LOCATION: WHITE CASTLE, IBERVILLE PARISH, LA
COORDINATES: 30.185731, -91.120011
STATUS: LOST
One of the largest plantations to ever be built in Louisiana and in the South was the Belle Grove Plantation of White Castle. This southern…