Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: Walnut Street

  • 501 Walnut Street

    This one is a puzzle from the Bob Sale Collection. https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-bsc%3A41 It was labeled, “501 Walnut Street”. This would be the parking lot for the Warehouse Restaurant. I don’t believe…

  • Walnut Street From the Air

    This is an awesome photo! https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/ulm-p15140coll27%3A155 What blows me away is how many of the buildings are still there! In the immediate foreground with the black roof is the old…

  • Breard Street from Walnut Street – 1938

    This clipping shows a view down Breard Street from Walnut. Not a single home in this picture is still standing. Progress I guess.

  • Homes on Walnut Street Photo #2

    I have shown a similar postcard of this view back in 2019. This one is much clearer and a wider shot. Just look at those old homes! I wish I…

  • A Trade Token From the Star Hotel

    A few months back I bought this little token, because I had never seen it before. Trade tokens, were used like money, in exchange for goods. This little token would…

  • Southern Hardware Company at the Turn of the Last Century

    I wish the men in the photo were identified! This building still stands on North Grand Street.

  • Downtown Monroe, 1972

    Who would have thought that two photos of downtown Monroe in the summer of 1972, could be found in the collection of a New York art museum? The Metropolitan Museum…

  • Meyer’s Star Emporium

    This building was located where Walnut enters DeSiard Street. Most remember the site as where the Style Shop was located. Just a heads up: Tomorrow I will be doing a…

  • The Woman’s Shop

    What Fink the Tailor was to men’s clothing, the Woman’s Shop was to women’s fashion. In the 1960’s a branch was opened on North 18th street, which is now the…

  • Lewiston, LA – The Ouachita Town That Never Was

    In 1819, the Louisiana State Legislature created the town of Lewiston in Ouachita Parish. It was just up the Ouachita from Monroe. No maps of it exist. The description of…