Despite a couple of wrong turns and a personal pit stop, I made it to this last, magnificent edifice. This is the kind of thing I think of when I envision a courthouse. Stately and majestic, this was a happy find for my last parish of this trip. I was even a bit chuffed to … Continue reading 275. Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish (LA20) →

Part of me wonders if the reason the building is only marked as "Court House" is because of the name of the parish. I'd like to think that, but I know better. There have been a few others that didn't bother to get specific about their parish names for whatever reason. And, of course, I … Continue reading 274. Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish (LA19) →

I would have thought this would be a slightly more wealthy parish than Beauregard (more on why I thought that in a minute), with more theoretical ability to do something more with their environs here. But I was quite wrong. Allen Parish is just barely out of the bottom 10 poorest parishes. But they do … Continue reading 273. Oberlin, Allen Parish (LA18) →

Lovely, don't you agree? Yes, a bit high schoolish, but in a more stately way, perhaps more collegiate. But at least they had something more to here to see... ...but, again, nothing like in Texas. I'm starting to get curious: are these courthouses more sparse because Louisiana has less money? If that's the case, places … Continue reading 272. De Ridder, Beauregard Parish (LA17) →

Oh, Mississippi! So I took a little drive across a bridge and ended up... ...on the eastern side of the mighty Mississippi River. I just wanted to dip my toe in and get a souvenir, but I was already in the county seat so why not? The courthouse, as you can see above, is absolutely … Continue reading 271. Natchez, Adams County (MS01) →

A year ago, a geocaching luminary, Mr. Memfis Mafia, told me "[Y]ou are on quite a roll. Now you have to top it for the next 365 days." Have I? Let's see. Four days ago was my second geoversary. I have been caching for two years now. On top of that, yesterday was was day … Continue reading We Interrupt Our Current Narrative… →

I can only imagine the conversations that went into designing this...disappointing horror of a courthouse. Built in 1978-9, it obviously does the job, but I am not at all pleased by it. What I wouldn't find out until later is that the previous courthouse is now the Vidalia branch of the Concordia Parish Library, built … Continue reading 270. Vidalia, Concordia Parish (LA16) →

So Jena is really small. Not Paint Rock small, of course, but definitely on the small side of what I would consider a town. That said... ...at least they had a little something on their courthouse grounds to look at. But there was literally nothing of interest I saw otherwise here other than some building … Continue reading 269. Jena, La Salle Parish (LA15) →

The first thing you notice when you come to Winnfield is their love of the pig. As you can imagine, pork and pork products are an important part of the area's economy, so much so that every year the town puts blank stone pigs in front of businesses and decorates them (as you can see … Continue reading 268. Winnfield, Winn Parish (LA14) →

So, this is an interesting courthouse from an architectural perspective. See those windows? I've never seen anything quite like those. They seem very 1950's but I'm not quite sure what to make of them. In fact, it's beginning to make me think that maybe I might want to read a book on courthouse architecture or … Continue reading 267. Colfax, Grant Parish (LA13) →