Tag: St. John Street
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Central Station, Monroe Fire Department
A few weeks ago, a patron of the library donated a few photos of the Monroe Fire Department. They were from the collection of her uncle, who was a fireman.…
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Monroe Grammar School Band
The above parade of fifth and sixth grade boys was taken in the mid 1930’s on St. John Street. The boys in the band were selected from Sherrouse, Georgia Tucker,…
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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!
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Garrett and Munholland Law Office, Circa 1895
Take a look at this Monroe photo, part of the Franklin Garrett Papers at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/05ddd/id/478397 . The photo is misidentified as the 1870’s. At…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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The Last Annual Parade of the Volunteer Firemen
The above picture was taken on St. John street near the turn of the century. I think that steeple is First Baptist Church but that is just a guess. It…
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St. John and DeSiard from another angle!
I found this old postcard online a while back and it was probably taken around the same time as yesterday’s photo. You are looking up DeSiard Street. The bank building…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 