Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Hotels in Monroe

  • The Monroe Hotel

    Last month, I found a letter for sale on ebay, written on Hotel Monroe letterhead over 121 years ago. Naturally, I bought it! It was a letter from Charles J.…

  • The Ouachita/Key House: Monroe’s Confederate Hospital?

    The Ouachita Hotel, was located where the park is now at the corner of 3rd and DeSiard. It was built in 1861 by Sloan and Mason. In 1890, F.G. Key…

  • Matchbook from the old Frances Hotel

    This is another object from my collection. It is a matchbook from the Frances Hotel. It still has all of it’s matches! The slogan, “follow the Beacon” is a reference…

  • Veranda Hotel

    Before the Civil War, the best known hotel in Monroe was called the Veranda Hotel.  It was located in the middle of the block where the post office/U.S. District Court…

  • “There is sometimes a great deal in a name.”

    The Crowley Signal (Crowley, LA) January 4, 1908 There is sometimes a great deal in a name.  Some wag wrote Carrie Nation’s name on the register of the Hotel Monroe,…

  • Monroe’s Riverfront in 1907.

    I love this one!  The water was incredibly low during the summer of 1907.  Can you imagine wading across the Ouachita?  The big building in the foreground is Ouachita National…

  • The Earliest Hotel in Monroe.

    Mississippi Free Trader (Natchez, MS) August 26, 1836, Page 3 MONROE HOTEL. The subscriber offers this house to the patronage of the public.  It is well located, being directly opposite…