Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Monroe City Market

  • Kornmann Meat Market

    Another old photo I found on the Internet is an interior shot of the Kornmann Meat Market, located inside the old Monroe City Market building where People’s Homestead building now…

  • A Stall Inside the Old Monroe City Market

  • Market House Restaurant

    News-Star, December 16, 1911 The Market House Restaurant is conveniently located in the City Market House on DeSiard street and it is under the able and progressive management of the…

  • DeSiard Street circa 1910

    Imagine getting stuck behind this caravan in rush hour traffic! William A. Bozone’s Grocery is the building on the left. According to the 1912 City Directory, it was located at…

  • Monroe City Market

    In 1904, Mayor Forsythe had big plans for Monroe.  The city needed a new jail, city hall a streetcar system and a city market.  He brought before the citizens of…