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June 2, 1989. The Opelousas Historic District, in the city of Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] The area is roughly bounded by Bellevue Street, Court Street, Landry Street, and Market Street. It contains 18 contributing buildings in a 2 ...
3rd, 4th, 5th. Website. stlandrypg .org. St. Landry Parish ( French: Paroisse de Saint-Landry) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 82,540. [ 1] The parish seat is Opelousas. [ 2] The parish was established in 1807.
Added to NRHP. May 3, 1982. St. Landry Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Opelousas, Louisiana. It is dedicated to Saint Landry of Paris (Bishop c. AD 650). [2] [3] The current church building, in Gothic and Romanesque Revival style, was completed in 1909. [4] The church and cemetery were placed on the National Register of ...
The first courthouse was constructed in the middle of the town. Later in 1806, Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church was founded, the first Methodist church in Louisiana. Five years later, the first St. Landry Parish Police Jury met in Opelousas, keeping minutes in the two official languages of English and French.
Sister plantation to St. Joseph Plantation, built circa 1850 and privately owned. 80001712 Frogmore Plantation: May 31, 1980: Ferriday: Concordia: Established circa 1815, Frogmore Plantation has a steam-powered cotton gin. 82004674 Frozard Plantation House: August 12, 1982: Grand Coteau St. Landry 93001548 Godchaux–Reserve Plantation: January ...
In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from Natchitoches, as were Madison and Caldwell parishes in the east. In 1839, Union Parish was formed from Ouachita, and Calcasieu was formed from St. Landry in 1840. Five parishes were created in 1843: Bossier, DeSoto, Franklin, Sabine, and Tensas.
The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath of the ratification of Louisiana's Constitution of 1868 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, tensions between white Democrats and Black Republicans in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana escalated throughout the ...
The Commission paid Waste Connections $452,669 in August to pick up garbage in St. Landry, according to a vendor invoice presented to the Commission for approval on Monday.