Historic district in Louisiana, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The DeRidder Commercial Historic District is a historic district in DeRidder, Louisiana. It covers an 8 acres (3.2ha) area roughly bounded by Washington Street, West 2nd Street, Stewart Street, and West Port Street and comprises three blocks of commercial and commerce related buildings dating from 1900 to 1933. Earliest buildings (c. 1905) are mainly one story brick structures, while later ones are one to two stories tall.[2]
The DeRidder Commercial Historic District has been the trading center of the parish since about 1905. From 1918 to 1920 several buildings, including the First National Bank, were built. When the lumber boom ended in 1925, the commercial district was enough developed to survive and avoided DeRidder to become a ghost town. The fact the district was mainly composed by brick buildings helped it remain quite intact, despite numerous fires happened over the years.[2]
Mullers Building in 2009Two non contributing properties at 101 and 103 North Washington Harper's one story historic building is visible on the rightSide of the historic building at 115 South Washington StreetHarper's, Bradley's, Daniel's Jewelers, Old Lumberman's Bank and several other non-contributing buildings
Contributing Properties
The historical district contains a total of 27 contributing properties, built between c. 1905 and 1930:
Delia's Coin Shop, now Serenity Park, 117 West 1st Street, 30°50′47″N93°17′13″W, built c. 1915. Building partly demolished between March[3] and April[4] 2008. Area converted to a park. A plaque mentioning Coin Shop is standing near the entrance.
Dilk's Furniture, 119 West 1st Street, 30°50′47″N93°17′14″W, built c. 1915. Building demolished some time between June 2014[5] and October 2015.[6] Pillars and part of exterior walls still standing.
