Shreveport Historic Preservation Society
McNeill Street Pumping Station • Fairfield Historic District • Highland Historic District • Oakland Cemetery • Shreveport Commercial Historic District • South Highlands Historic District • St. Paul’s Bottoms Historic District • Texas Avenue Historic District • Grindstone Bluff • Lakeside Municipal Golf Course • Star Cemetery • Antioch Baptist Church • C.C. Antoine House • B’Nai Zion Temple • Blanchard Building • Byrd, C.E., High School • Caspiana House • Central Fire Station • Central High School • Central Railroad Station • Crystal Grocery (Fertitta’s Deli) • Davidson House • Dodd College President’s Home • Dunn House • Fair Park High School • Flesch House • Flournoy-Wise House • Forest Home • Sidney Herold Mansion • Highland Sanitarium • Holy Trinity Catholic Church • Jefferson Hotel • Kansas City Southern Depot • Kings Highway Christian Church • Lewis House • Lindsay, Col. Robert H., House • Line Avenue School • Long, Huey P., House (Laurel Street) • Long, Huey P., House (Forest Avenue) • Louisiana State Exhibit Building • Mason House • Masonic Temple • Mooringsport School • Ogilvie Hardware Company • Old Commercial National Bank Building (United Merchantile) • Scottish Rite Cathedral • Shepard Building • Shreveport Fire Station #8 • Shreveport Municipal Building • Shreveport Municipal Auditorium • Shreveport Water Works Company (McNeill Street Pumping Station) • Shreveport Woman’s Department Club Building • South Highlands Fire Station (Fire Station #10) • Sprague Street Houses • St. Marks Episcopal Church (Church of the Holy Cross) • Steere, A.C., Elementary School • Strand Theater • Tally’s Bank (Spring St. Museum) • Taylor Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factors (Lee Hardware) • Thrasher House • Trees City Office and Bank Building (Oil City) • Trosper House (Greenwood) • U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Building • Samuel Wiener House • Wile House • Wray-Dickinson Building • YMCA, Downtown Branch • Caddo Lake Bridge (Mooringsport) • Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge (Cross Bayou)

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Community Events 2008


5-May-08

Radiant City -  Film Screening & Benefit for SHPS

A must see for anyone interested in the form of the cities we call home.  minicine? will screen the new documentary Radiant City by the Canadian duo, Gary Burns and Jim Brown, at the Columbia Cafe, Monday May 5.   The doors open at 7PM and the film rolls at 8PM. A $5 Donation is requested and will go to benefit the Shreveport Historic Preservation Society.

This documentary explores the phenomenon of post WWII suburbia and the ways we have adapted our lives to its reality or not....  This is a thoughtful and intelligent film, which brings to the discussion positive viewpoints and proposals.  It is possibly one of the most creative attempts to take on this vast subject that will hit screens anytime soon.

Please plan to join minicine? and members of the Shreveport Historic Preservation Society to view this film, relax and visit... The Columbia Cafe will staff a cash coffee and wine bar.   Door proceeds will benefit the Shreveport Historic Preservation Society.

23 – 25-Apr-08

2008 Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation Conference

Come join Preservation Professionals, Architects, Main Street Managers, Historic District Commissioners and others interested in preserving the historic places and cultural heritage of Louisiana. The conference will be held on April 23rd–25th in Thibodaux at Envie Restaurant. To register, call (225) 344-6001 . Continuing Education Units for numerous professions will be available. More information about this conference will be posted to this calendar as available.

18-Mar – 18-Apr-08

Somdal Associates: 100 Years of Architecture & Design

Established in 1908, Somdal Associates has made a significant contribution to the built environment of Shreveport and the exhibit includes, drawings, photographs and models of much of this work. The exhibit, hosted at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, 3015 Greenwood Road, will run through April 18th. The museum is open 9–4, M–F and noon–4, Sat. & Sun. This exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, phone: (318) 632-2020.

11 – 12-Apr-08

Shreveport Water Works Museum Ceremony & Open House

The new Shreveport Water Works Museum (located at the McNeill Street Pumping Station) on April 11 at 12:15PM, will host a special ceremony commissioning a freshly restored vintage crank-and-flywheel steam engine fitted with an electric motor drive system called a rim drive. The restored equipment was originally used to pump potable water to the City of Shreveport. Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne will announce the commissioning.

On the following Saturday, the new Shreveport Water Works Museum will host an open house from 12 noon to 4PM. The public is invited to both events. Admission is free and the building is wheelchair-accessible. For more information about the Shreveport Water Works Museum, visit mcneillstreet.org or call (318) 221-3388.

The McNeill Street Pumping Station, built in 1887, was the nation’s last operating steam-powered water works when its steam engines were retired in 1980. In addition, three of the steam engines at the museum are considered to be some of the oldest examples of their type. The water works was also one of the first places in the nation to practice filtration and chlorination.

5-Apr-08

Aseana Spring Festival - Municipal Park Plaza - Shreveport

The Aseana Foundation will host its annual Aseana Spring Festival in the Texas Avenue Historic District from 11AM - 4PM on Saturday April 5th.  Celebrating spring, multiculturalism and diversity, activities throughout the day will include, yoga, dance, music, arts and culinary delights. All of this will be backdropped by new landscaping in full bloom which has been installed in the park by the Aseana Foundation. Municipal Park Plaza is located at the intersection of Common, Milam and Texas Avenue in Downtown Shreveport.  All ages welcome.