Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Ouachita National Bank

  • St. John Street circa 1945

    Fairly old photo of St. John Street circa 1945. You can see the Virginia Hotel and Ouachita National Bank building on the left and the Knights of Pythias building on…

  • DeSiard Street 1920’s

    And this is nearly the same shot, but about ten or so years later. Notice the Vantage building is going up in the distance.

  • St. John Street Looking North

    From the look of the cars, the above photo would have been taken in the 20’s. On the west side of the street we can see the old City Hall,…

  • Interior of the Ouachita National Bank

    The above is a beautiful interior shot of the ONB building, now known as the Vantage ONB Building.  It was built in 1921 as an Italian Renaissance style skyscraper.  It…

  • 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…