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Pages in category "Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The Ducrest Building, also known as DeBaillon's Pharmacy, is a historic commercial building located at 100 West Main Street in Broussard, Louisiana, United States.. Built in 1903 by T. Lucien Ducrest which operated a pharmacy there, the building is a two-story frame commercial building in Italianate style.
Broussard was founded in 1884. It was named after Valsin Broussard, a prominent local merchant, who formed the first vigilante committee when his own store was robbed. He was a direct descendant of Joseph Broussard de Beausoleil, one of the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the Santo Domingo. [5]
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The primary brand is Global Industrial. [3] The company was founded in 1949 as Global Equipment Company, a material handler. It first entered direct marketing in 1972 and began marketing computer equipment in 1981. The company changed its name to Global Direct-mail, in 1995 and to Systemax in 1999 and Global Industrial Company in 2021. [4]
The new factory was constructed at a cost of $50,000 and had a daily capacity of four hundred tons of cane. Area sugar planters had a local mill for their product. The Billeaud Sugar Mill brought a tremendous wave of prosperity to Broussard, which coincided with the previously mentioned sugar boom in southern Louisiana as a whole.
Global Industrial was established in 1949 by Michael and Paul Leeds in Queens, New York as a material handling equipment supplier. [4] In 1985 the company began to deal with computer products. Through acquisitions of other computer-supply companies, the company expanded across the U.S. and into parts of Europe, with a revenue of nearly $180 ...
Chennault International Airport (IATA: CWF, ICAO: KCWF, FAA LID: CWF) is a public aerospace/industrial complex in Lake Charles, in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is governed by the Chennault International Airport Authority. [2] The facility covers 1,310 acres (530 ha) of land. [2]