Lacombe School

Lacombe School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Jct. of St. Mary and 14th Sts., Lacombe, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°18′56″N89°56′37″W / 30.31556°N 89.94361°W / 30.31556; -89.94361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
NRHP reference No.	90001742 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 8, 1990

Lacombe School, built in 1913 in Lacombe, Louisiana as a one-story two-room schoolhouse, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990. ^[1] It was then the Lacombe Museum. ^[2] It is now known as the Bayou Lacombe Museum. ^[3]

It is a "plain" building with a tin hipped roof. It served as the community's only elementary school from 1913 until "well past World War II". ^[2] Through 1990 the beaded board interior had retained its historic appearance, although some wall surfaces were obscured by museum exhibit boards. ^[2]

It is located on property of the current Lacombe Junior High School, and is linked to that by a covered walkway. ^[2]

The schoolhouse/museum is accessible by a handicapped-access ramp. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

There exists a different "Lacombe Museum" in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lacombe School". National Park Service . Retrieved February 6, 2021. With accompanying five photos from 1990
3. "Bayou Lacombe Museum".
4. Google Streetview, accessed February 2, 2021
5. "St. Tammany's Amazing Museums". Inside Northside Magazine (May/June 2008). Retrieved April 20, 2015.
6. "Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum". St. Tammany Parish Tourist & Convention Commission. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
7. "Lacombe Town Talk: Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum doors soon to reopen". Times Picayune. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 20, 2015.