Meeker Sugar Refinery

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Meeker Sugar Refinery
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LocationUS 71, Meeker in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates 31°3′30″N92°22′43″W / 31.05833°N 92.37861°W / 31.05833; -92.37861
Area21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built1912
ArchitectMeeker Sugar Refinery Co., Inc.
NRHP reference No. 87002023 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 16, 1987

Meeker Sugar Refinery is located in Meeker in south Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The refinery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1987.

It was operated by the Klock brothers, Ernest Lorne Klock (1879–1967) and Neil Haven Klock (1896–1978), the latter of whom who served from 1940 to 1944 in the Louisiana House of Representatives as one of the three Rapides Parish members. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Ernest Lorne Klock" (PDF). klockconnections.com. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  3. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2016: Rapides Parish" (PDF). house.Louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.