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Oaks Hotel, also known as Casa de Fresa, is a former hotel in Hammond, Louisiana, built in 1905. It was an L-shaped building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was designed by Favrot & Livaudais, [1] an architectural firm active in Louisiana from 1891 to 1933. Its National Register nomination stated:
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located 45 miles (72 km) east of Baton Rouge and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of New Orleans. Its population was 20,019 in the 2010 U.S. census , and 21,359 at the 2020 population estimates program .
Charles Emery Cate (1831–1916) was the 19th-century developer of Hammond's Crossing, which became Hammond, Louisiana, USA.. Originally from New England, Cate donated $500, bricks and lumber, and the land for the construction of the city's oldest church – Grace Memorial Episcopal Church [1] – and established a factory in Hammond for the manufacture of shoes worn by the Confederate troops ...
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The soon-to-be coffee shop is believed to have first been a gas station, built in the 1930s. The fire department took over in 1971 and stayed there until 1989. It housed a concrete company after that.
The theatre opened on September 1, 1928, the same year that Hammond Junior College became Southeastern Louisiana College. Originally designed for the presentation of motion pictures, vaudeville acts, and local theatrical productions, the Columbia was the largest theater in Hammond. It featured the first theatre organ and the first talking pictures.
Louisiana takes its pit stop grub seriously – Ellie Seymour tastes the region’s homespun soul food dishes on a 450-mile tour of the Deep South’s gas stations, convenience stores and diners