Lacombe School Explained

Lacombe School
Coordinates:	30.3156°N -89.9436°W
Built:	1913
Added:	November 8, 1990
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	90001742

Lacombe School, built in 1913 in Lacombe, Louisiana as a one-story two-room schoolhouse, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It was then the Lacombe Museum. It is now known as the Bayou Lacombe Museum.^[1]

It is a "plain" building with a tin hipped roof. It served as the community's only elementary school from 1913 until "well past World War II". Through 1990 the beaded board interior had retained its historic appearance, although some wall surfaces were obscured by museum exhibit boards.

It is located on property of the current Lacombe Junior High School, and is linked to that by a covered walkway.^[2]

The schoolhouse/museum is accessible by a handicapped-access ramp.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

There exists a different "Lacombe Museum" in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bayou Lacombe Museum.
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=90001742}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lacombe School ]. National Park Service. February 6, 2021. With
3. Google Streetview, accessed February 2, 2021
4. St. Tammany's Amazing Museums. Inside Northside Magazine. May/June 2008. 20 April 2015.
5. Web site: Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum. St. Tammany Parish Tourist & Convention Commission. 20 April 2015.
6. Web site: Lacombe Town Talk: Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum doors soon to reopen. Times Picayune. 20 April 2015. February 12, 2011.