Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Commerce Street

  • Varino’s Grocery Building

    Earlier this month, I saw a post on Facebook, announcing a historic grant was given to remodel the old Varino building at 200 Commerce Street in West Monroe, next to…

  • West Monroe Landmark Torn Down

    Ouachita Citizen, May 26, 1933, Page 1 CITY’S LARGEST BUILDING RAZED: ONE-TIME GATHERING PLACE FOR STOCKMEN NOW ONLY A MEMORY Big Structure, Its Usefulness Ended By the Universal Acceptance of…

  • Doc’s Saloon Bar is Carried Away

    This clipping makes my jaw drop. It is a photo from the Citizen in 1972, just a few days before I would be born just right across the river! It…

  • The W.L. Morris building in West Monroe

    Take a look at this old photo of the W.L. Morris building I just found in our files! It stood on Commerce street at the corner of Natchitoches (Alley Park…

  • Doc’s Meat Market

    Monday of last week I shared a picture of the outside of Doc’s Meat Market, owned by G.C. “Doc” Moore on Commerce Street in West Monroe. This is the same…

  • Uriah Millsaps building

    The oldest commercial building in West Monroe can be found on Commerce street. For many years, it was the Trenton Street Appliance Store. The building was built in 1885 by…