Day: September 29, 2022

Donations Sought for Civil Rights Museum

Work is 95% completed on stabilizing the old Galilee Baptist Church at 854 Williamson Street. That is good news for the historic structure, which is slated to become the area’s first Civil Rights Museum. At a recent press conference, Mischa Farrell, the project’s architect, gave an update, and the mood was upbeat. Farrell says she […]

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Historic 919 Texas Avenue for Sale

The imposing building at 919 Texas Avenue that was a furniture store for most of its history is now for sale. In 1992, the former Hemenway- Johnson Furniture store became DataStor, a repository for paper records. The 5-story, roughly 97,000 SF building, is located in the Downtown Arts and Culture Subdistrict, which allows for a […]

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114 Texas Street Latest

A chain link fence is up around the remains of 114 Texas Street to prevent people from taking a souvenir brick and also to prevent injury as the City of Shreveport works to have a couple of sections of wall demolished. According to local media reports, the property owner has been given 30 days to […]

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