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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CHC_first-united-methodist-church_Pineville-LA.html
First United Methodist Church. . 1802-1806 First Circuit Riders (ministers) began work in Louisiana. . 1811 Rapides Circuit formed - Miles Harper presiding Elder. . 1814 John Shrock began work in Rapides area of Louisiana. . 1817 Ashley Hewit…
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1913: E. Blum opened a nursery on land leased from the Jewish Cemetery. Later, O.M. Barnage and James Haley operated nurseries there until the cemetery expanded. 1858: Charles Schraeder, Theodore Schaedel and Christian Baden built the Episcopal Ch…
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1926: Frank Delahoussaye's Owl Drug Store was located at the corner of Shamrock and Main. It sold first to Drew and Ferol Lacroix and then to Fred Tannehill. When the pharmacy relocated, the building became Lew Boyce's Grocery. Later the building …
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1910: Main Street was paved and sidewalks were added. Prior to 1927, homes and vacant filled the block. The Protective Union Hall, Negro Benevolent Society, was both meeting place and school for black children until 1916. In the late 20's, the Soc…
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The Second story of the Masonic Lodge building has been the meeting place of Solomon Lodge 221 and the Order of the Eastern Star since the early days of Pineville. The first floor has housed such businesses as Piggly Wiggly No. 2, 1927, and A.A. K…
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The oldest business building in Pineville is located just behind the 600 Block at 105 Hayden, now Gabor Painting. The building was originally at 101 Main Street as Davie's Warehouse. Later it housed a broom factory. It was moved to its present loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27W6_kees-park_Pineville-LA.html
Edward J. Barrett, an Irishman who was a soldier in the Federal Army of Occupation which was billeted in Pineville for two years after the conclusion of the Civil War, chose to remain and in 1868 married a local girl, Mary Reagan. He was later ele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27SW_tioga-sawmill-commissary_Pineville-LA.html
The Iron Mountain Railroad pushed its lines into Central Louisiana in 1880. Five miles north of Pineville, Julius Levin built a sawmil1 beside the tracks. He named his town "Levin" which was later changed to "Tioga. A commissary was built …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277U_pineville-4_Pineville-LA.html
In earlier days, businesses were often located in or adjacent to the owner's home. Such was the case when Mary Lawrence served as post master in the family store located on one side of her home. The general merchandise was owned by Rollo Lawrence,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM277T_red-hill_Pineville-LA.html
Red Hill, as the block is called by local citizens, for many years was filled with muddy ruts. In 1867 Congress authorized large stones to be placed on the street between the ferry and the National Cemetery, but the street had fallen into such dis…
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