Greens Alley - Shreveport, Louisiana.
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misfitt
N 32° 30.923 W 093° 44.788
15S E 429888 N 3597809
Located in the heart of historic downtown Shreveport in the Red River District on Commerce Street, almost under the “Texas Street Bridge.”
Waymark Code: WM3GDF
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2008
Views: 15
“Possibly named for John Grange Green pioneer Shreveport property owner and friend of Capt. Shreve, or for Dr. William Mercer Green, who was killed in a duel in this alley just north of Texas Street in 1849. South of Texas St. The alley is called Martin’s Lane, for Martin/Tally, mayor of Shreveport 1867-68, an early developer of property in that block.”
This alley has the unique feature from all the other alleys in downtown Shreveport as it runs north and south were all the other alleys run east and west.
This marker was put in place a “Historic Sites Signs Projects” by joint efforts between the City of Shreveport, Bossier City, Caddo Parish, & Bossier Parish, which began in 1995 and ran for 12 years. The Highland Area Partnership of Shreveport spearheaded the effort in the first place. Bob Marak designed the signs, the Shreveport City sign shop produced them, Eric J. Brock (historian in Shreveport) wrote the texts. This marker program was sponsored by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau and was coordinated by Eric J. Brock, local historian, and Robert J Marak The project included many historic sites already marked by the state of Louisiana and resulted in 142 markers placed in the Shreveport-Bossier area.
Marker Name: Greens Alley
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Other
Parish: Caddo
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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