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The community's first church was La Chapelle a Maurice and Sunday services were held in a small schoolhouse on the Villien property until the St. Alphonsus Church was built in January 1893. The Broussard Cove School was the first school built on land donated by Joseph Clark in 1885 and moved to Maurice in July 1899 to land donated by Maurice ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
Maurice Lecroix is also known for its "Mémoire 1" timepiece, which the company claims is one of the most complex watches ever made. [8] Its movement is composed of 604 moving parts and it can switch between time and chrono functions without losing track of either indication.
Pages in category "People from Maurice, Louisiana" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Maurices was founded by Emanuel Morris “E. Maurice” Labovitz (1900-1993), [5] who opened his first store under the name Maurices Dress Shop, 1931 in Duluth. The name was shortened to simply Maurices by the late 1960's.
The Maurice Network (Réseau Maurice) was a French resistance network established during World War II by the Camouflage du Matériel (CDM). It played a vital role in intelligence gathering and facilitating the escape of military personnel and allied aviators from Nazi-occupied France to Africa and allied territories.
The house was built for the Prothro family, [3] and it was completed in 1845. [4] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. [4] By 1850, members of the Prothro family and their African slaves died of the yellow fever. [3]
Maurice Milliere (1871–1946) was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator, born in Le Havre to upper working-class parents; his father was a merchant's clerk. His early artistic interests are not known, but he completed his secondary education at the Ecole De Beaux Arts in Le Havre before travelling to Paris in 1889 to continue his studies at the l'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and l'Ecole ...