Bayou Boeuf Elementary School

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Bayou Boeuf Elementary School
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Location4138 LA 307
Nearest city Thibodaux, Louisiana
Coordinates 29°52′05″N90°35′38″W / 29.86795°N 90.59391°W / 29.86795; -90.59391 Coordinates: 29°52′05″N90°35′38″W / 29.86795°N 90.59391°W / 29.86795; -90.59391
Arealess than one acre
Built1904 (1904)
NRHP reference No. 04000082 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 2004

Bayou Boeuf Elementary School (BBES) is an elementary school in unincorporated Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, [2] east of the Kraemer (Bayou Boeuf) census-designated place. [3] It serves residents of the Ward 6 Area of the parish, [4] including Bayou Boeuf and Choctaw. [3] [5] [6] It is a part of Lafourche Parish Public Schools.

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Its original 1904 school building, the "Little Red Schoolhouse," was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004. [1]

History

It was established between 1904 and 1905. [7] It occupied a 7-acre (2.8 ha) plot. [8]

In 1983 J. Kelly Nix, the Louisiana Superintendent of Education, declared the original Bayou Boeuf Elementary school building, also known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse", as the oldest continuously used one-room schoolhouse in Louisiana. As of 2016 kindergarten students have classes held in that building. On March 27, 2004, a 100-year anniversary party was scheduled to be held at the schoolhouse. [4] This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Students at Bayou Boeuf matriculate to Sixth Ward Middle School and Thibodaux High School. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Home. Bayou Boeuf Elementary School. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School 4138 Highway 307 Thibodaux, LA 70301 "
  3. 1 2 "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Kraemer CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  4. 1 2 James, Eloria Newell (2004-01-03). "Lafourche school plans 100-year celebration". Houma Today . NYT Newspapers. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  5. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Choctaw CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine ." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries: "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, grades Pre K – 5 [...] and all of Highway 307 and Choctaw Road on the east side of Sixth Ward Middle School."
  7. ↑ "The 100th Anniversary of the Little Red Schoolhouse at Bayou Boeuf Elementary School Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine ." Bayou Boeuf Elementary School. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ The Boardman, Volumes 3-5. 1951. p. 26. "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, Kraemer, La., (on a 7 acre plot)."
  9. ↑ "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018. with two photos and two maps Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ National Register Staff (Fall 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Bayou Boeuf Elementary School". National Park Service . Retrieved July 10, 2018. With nine photos from 2003.
  11. ↑ "LOUISIANA - Lafourche County"[ sic ]. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School." National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.

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