St. Paul’s Methodist Church - Shreveport, Louisiana.
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misfitt
N 32° 30.151 W 093° 45.786
15S E 428316 N 3596394
Located at 1001 Pierre Avenue in the western edge of downtown Shreveport.
Waymark Code: WM3GQ4
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2008
Views: 10
“Founded in 1865. Previous St. Paul’s church building built in 1889 and located on Caddo Street in the low lying area to which it gave it’s name” St. Paul’s Bottoms. Present Gothic Revival style building constructed in 1926.
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: St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Parish: Caddo
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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