Lawrence Park - Morgan City, LA
N 29° 41.717 W 091° 12.482
15R E 673371 N 3286364
A nice city park near the parish courthouse downtown
Waymark Code: WMNBYA
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2015
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A beautifully landscaped park in the middle of historic downtown Morgan City hosts several large community festivals in this tight-knit industrial city.
The land for this park was donated in 1876 by the wIdow of Mr. Lawrence, for whole the park is named. A small plaque on a block of granite at the northwest entrance to the park reads as follows:
"LAWRENCE PARK
Donated by
Townsend Lawrence
and Mrs. Francis E. Brashear
Widow of
Henry E. Lawrence, deceased
11trh day of May 1876"
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