Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Monroe City Hall

  • Monroe Police Department Cars on St. John

  • Monroe Skyline during the 1932 Flood

    Back in July, three Griffin photos came up for auction. I bought them. I will share all three in the next three posts. This first one shows the Ouachita River…

  • Monroe Police Department

    Last week, a patron donated this photograph to the library’s collection: https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A758 It shows the entire police department standing on the steps of the old Monroe City Hall. From the…

  • 1939 Christmas Fiesta Queens and their Maids

    https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A556 This photo looks to be taken on the steps of the old Ouachita Parish City Hall on St. John. It shows all the local school queens and their maids…

  • Buick Goes Around the World

    Back in 1924, Buick decided to take one of it’s cars on an around the world trip to prove that they are good cars and can take all driving conditions.…

  • Old Monroe City Hall

    This is an old Postcard I found showing the old Monroe City Hall circa 1955 on St. John Street. It was an interesting old building!

  • New Monroe City Hall

    I’m in the process at work of going through our places vertical files to index them and pull out anything I think may need further protecting. One of the random…

  • Old Monroe City Hall – 1916

  • Monroe Firemen, Circa 1920

    I happened to stumble across this photo in the collection of the State Library. It shows Monroe Firemen and their firetruck in front of the old City Hall. Pretty neat!…

  • Corner of Grammont and St. John

    I love this old photo! It was taken looking up St. John street near the intersection with Grammont Street. You can see the old post office, First Baptist Church and…