Lacombe School

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Lacombe School
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LocationJct. 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 Coordinates: 30°18′56″N89°56′37″W / 30.31556°N 89.94361°W / 30.31556; -89.94361
Arealess than one acre
Built1913
NRHP reference No. 90001742 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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 20 April 2015.
  6. "Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum". St. Tammany Parish Tourist & Convention Commission. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. "Lacombe Town Talk: Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum doors soon to reopen". Times Picayune. February 12, 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2015.