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Library City or town Image Date granted [1] Grant amount [1] [2] Location Notes 1: Alexandria: Alexandria: Apr 8, 1907: $10,000 503 Washington St. Now a museum and genealogical library 2: Jennings: Jennings: Mar 9, 1907: $10,000 303 Cary Ave. 3: Lake Charles Lake Charles: Oct 17, 1901: $10,000 411 Pujo St. Replaced c.1950 4: New Orleans Main ...
Central Library. Lake Charles has four libraries. The largest, with over 400,000 volumes, is Frazar Memorial Library, on the McNeese State University campus. [63] The first library, Carnegie Memorial Library, was financed by Andrew Carnegie and opened in 1904. [64] It also houses the Southwest Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Library.
A view of downtown Lake Charles, circa 1917. After World War II, Lake Charles experienced industrial growth with the onset of the petrochemical refining industries. The Lake Charles Civic Center, built on reclaimed land on the lakefront in the 1970s, hosted many national shows, acts, and pop singers such as Elvis Presley. The population of the ...
German Coast 1736, Detail from a larger map. Map of the German Coast, 1775 [1]. The German Coast (French: Côte des Allemands, Spanish: Costa Alemana, German: Deutsche Küste) was a region of early Louisiana settlement located above New Orleans, and on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
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Central Library - 301 W. Claude Street, South Lake Charles, LA 70605; DeQuincy Library - 102 N. Pine Street, DeQuincy, LA 70633; Epps Memorial Library - 1619 Cessford St. (temp location), North Lake Charles, LA 70601; Hayes Library - 7709 Perier St., Hayes, LA 70646; Iowa Library - 109 South Thomson Avenue, Iowa, LA 70647; Maplewood Outreach ...
The Lake Charles Historic District in Lake Charles, Louisiana was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] It is locally designated as the Charpentier Historic District . The NRHP district is roughly bounded by Iris, Hodges, Lawrence, Kirkman, S. Division and Louisiana.
Lake Charles (French: Lac Charles) is a brackish lake located on the Calcasieu River in Southwest Louisiana, United States, situated almost entirely within the Lake Charles city limits. The Calcasieu Ship Channel flows along the western side for large ships to pass and is the western boundary of the city limits. [ 1 ]