Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Jackson Street

  • Jackson Street Residences (Bright-Lamkin-Easterling Home)

    I have shared part of this image before in the January 28, 2019 post about the home on the left. That postcard was zoomed in on the houses. This postcard…

  • The Methodist Episcopal Church

    This one is a gorgeous shot of the Methodist Episcopal Church that once stood on Jackson Street. If you want to see a much later photo of it from almost…

  • Jackson Street Trolley Car

    Nice little photo of one of the Trolley line cars that once ran up and down Jackson Street, and all over downtown Monroe. The tracks were laid down in 1906…

  • Paving of Jackson Street

    This would have been taken in 1922, when Jackson Street was paved all the way to Lee Avenue.

  • Site of the old library on Jackson.

    I took this from a window of the hospital parking garage. This was the site of the old Anna Meyer home, which became the second Monroe library building. Made me…

  • Y.M.C.A. Building

    The above building was built in 1903 on Jackson Street, across the street from the Jewish synagogue. It was the original Y.M.C.A. building. Today, the site is a parking lot…

  • Jackson Street Residences

    This is a copy of an old postcard from the collection of the Ouachita Parish Public Library. I don’t know exactly where on Jackson street this was. I can tell…

  • The Bright-Lamkin-Easterling Home

    The yellow home in the foreground of both pictures is known as the Bright-Lamkin-Easterling home, located at 918 Jackson Street. The other home was owned by Mayor Henry Bernstein. The…

  • Jackson Street at the Turn of the Century: Another View

    On November 30 of last year, i posted a view of Jackson street taken probably between 1906 and 1910: .https://ouachitaparishhistory.com/2018/11/30/jackson-street-at-the-turn-of-the-century I found this second view, probably taken pre 1906 due…

  • Jackson Street circa 1945

    Judging by the dress and automobiles, this was taken in the mid to late 1940’s. It shows a view of Jackson Street taken from DeSiard. You can see Monroe city…