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Gilbert is located in southern Franklin Parish along U.S. Route 425, which leads north 9.5 miles (15.3 km) to Winnsboro, the parish seat, and south 14 miles (23 km) to Sicily Island. According to the United States Census Bureau , the village of Gilbert has a total area of 0.96 square miles (2.49 km 2 ), of which 0.94 square miles (2.44 km 2 ...
St. Michael's Church Historic District is a historic district in Convent, Louisiana, in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It is located on River Road (Louisiana Highway 44), about 7 miles (11 km) downriver from Sunshine Bridge.
Historical records challenge the local lore. Parish records document the founding of the Chapel of St. Augustine "as a mission of the church of St. François of Natchitoches" in July 1829, shortly after the church was constructed. [5] The mission was recognized in 1856 as a parish in its own right, and authorized a resident priest.
The first courthouse was constructed in the middle of the town. Later in 1806, Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church was founded. It was the first Methodist church in Louisiana. Five years later, the first St. Landry Parish Police Jury met in Opelousas, keeping minutes in the two official languages of English and French.
St. Philomene Catholic Church and Rectory is a historic Roman Catholic church along Louisiana Highway 1 in Labadieville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. It was built in c.1888 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] The church is a five-bay Basilica plan church with a central front tower with an octagonal spire. [2] [3]
In 1843 most of the membership of a Baptist congregation, under the leadership of William Prince Ford, who had been influenced by Campbell's writings, became a Church of Christ. The Cheneyville Christian Church is the oldest congregation associated with the Restoration Movement in Louisiana. In 1857, Campbell visited the congregation and was ...
Location of Lincoln Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church is located at 114 Louisiana Highway 403 in Paincourtville, Louisiana, in Assumption Parish. In 2000 the ecclesiastical parish of St. Elizabeth was clustered with St. Jules in Bell Rose, also in the Diocese of Baton Rouge .