Sycamore Hall Burns

What got me interested in researching today's post and next week's two posts was thumbing through the Genealogy Department's copy of Sycamore Hall by Sylvester Breard on Wednesday. I am pretty nosey by nature and in the past I have researched this building. When I don't find anything on a particular topic, sometimes months or … Continue reading Sycamore Hall Burns →

Portraits in the Collection of the Louisiana Law Library

Did you know that several prominent Monroe names have portraits in the Louisiana Law Library? Some of them have been put online. John Theodore Ludeling, Monroe lawyer and Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He built Sycamore Hall: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lasc-justicesportraits%3A46 Samuel Douglas McEnery, Monroe's first Governor of Louisiana and a U.S. Senator: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lasc-justicesportraits%3A54 Frederick G. … Continue reading Portraits in the Collection of the Louisiana Law Library →

Sycamore Hall: Monroe’s Lost Mansion

In 1868, John Theodore Ludeling, Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, built a mansion on Riverside Drive (known as Front Street then), at what is now Hudson Lane. It came to be known as Sycamore Hall, named (so the legend goes) for a giant sycamore tree growing on the site. After John died, local … Continue reading Sycamore Hall: Monroe’s Lost Mansion →