Beginning in 2021, a cool old building at 1129 Texas Avenue that was slated for demolition will be rehabbed and vibrant again, the site of the new Texas Avenue Social. The building, the former Nolen’s Automotive, has been vacant for more than a decade. Several years ago, the City of Shreveport bought the adjacent parking […]
Way back in 1920, the pastor of the City of Shreveport’s First Baptist Church told his congregation there were three things his growing city needed- a public library, a new school building with an auditorium for public lectures and a great YMCA building. All eventually happened. Within five years, the city’s first Young Men’s Christian […]
In a popular 1970s ballad, Jim Croce sang about memories, of time kept in a bottle. The owners of downtown Shreveport’s iconic Logan Mansion want to encourage people to do the same thing- to save their COVID-19 history for a future generation. In 1999, right on the cusp of Y2K, Logan Mansion co-owner Lisa Brutto […]
Given as a History in 5 talk at the June 2019 Downtown Artwalk. Those of you who have heard my talks before know that downtown is an archeological dig. Nothing that is here now was the first thing here…sometimes there are several levels to dig down on and multiple buildings that have occupied one single […]
By Dave Bland, Editor, Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society Newsletter & Board Member, Shreveport Railroad Museum When thinking about the earliest railroads in our area we usually think about the Texas Western / Southern Pacific Railroad from Swanson’s Landing on Caddo Lake to Marshall, TX in 1857 or the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad […]
We know that you are looking for things to do that provide proper social distancing. We have just the thing! Our Downtown Scavenger Hunt is a perfect driving, walking or biking outing for you or you and your family. As with all scavenger hunts, there are things that you must ‘gather’. Once gathered, you can […]
When you think of Shreveport, you think of one Captain Henry Miller Shreve. Shreve’s battles with the great Red River Raft, the giant logjam that had existed for hundreds of years on the Red River, is the reason Shreveport exists at all. The good captain worked on the Great Raft from 1832 until the late […]
For years, a set of concrete columns sitting adjacent to the 400 block of Cotton Street in downtown Shreveport has been a source of idle musings. There was obviously something there once, and that something would have been heavy to require such a massive support structure, but what? The pillars are on KCS Railroad property […]
It’s likely that you pass the Caddo Parish Courthouse often and have gotten so used to it that you never really see it anymore. We hope this helps bring it back into view. The current courthouse is the third one to sit on the same 2.5 acre spot in the middle of downtown’s Central Business […]
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission voted unanimously to allow Larson Family, LP a Special Use permit for property at 700 Cotton Street, the old Arlington Hotel. The limited partnership plans to open the “Every Man a King” distillery in 2020 that will feature a large outdoor patio space, distillery operations, […]
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