Historic Places

Take a Photograph Journey Back in Time Throughout Tangipahoa Parish

Historic Name: Downtown Amite Historic DistrictAddress: portions of Central Avenue, Oak Street, and Mulberry StreetCity:  AmiteParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70422Status:  National

Historic Name: Arcola Presbyterian ChurchOther Names: Presently called Amite-Arcola Presbyterian ChurchCity:  ArcolaParish:  TangipahoaStatus:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register: 10/22/1982Area

Historic Name: BlythewoodAddress: 205 ElmCity:  AmiteParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70422Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register:  6/25/1982Level of Significance: LocalArea of

Historic Name: Camp MooreAddress: Highway 51 North, between Tangipahoa & KentwoodCity:  TangipahoaParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70465Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National

Historic Name: Cate HouseOther Names: Taylor House, Black HouseAddress: 111 North Magnolia StreetCity:  HammondParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70401Status:  National RegisterDate Placed

Historic Name: Carter HouseAddress: 1.5 miles SW of Hammond on Happywoods RoadCity: HammondParish: TangipahoaState: LAStatus: National RegisterDate Placed on National

Historic Name: Dykes Log CabinAddress: 17250 State Line RoadCity: KentwoodParish: TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70444Status: National RegisterDate Placed on National Register: 9/12/2002Level

Historic Name: EpneyAddress: Off La Highway 445City:  AmiteParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70422Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register: 6/21/1984Level of Significance:

Historic Name: The Episcopal Church of the IncarnationAddress: 111 East Olive StreetCity:  AmiteParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70422Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on

Green Shutters, on Franklin St. in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, was built around 1850. It includes Greek Revival style. It was listed

Historic Name: GreenlawnAddress: 200 East Chestnut StreetCity:  AmiteParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70422Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register:  5/31/1980Level of Significance:

Historic Name: Grace Memorial Episcopal ChurchAddress: 100 West Church StreetCity:  HammondParish:  TangipahoaState: LAStatus:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register: 2/23/1973Level

Historic Name: Hammond Historic DistrictOther Names: Hammond Historic District (Commercial)City:  HammondParish:  TangipahoaState: LAStatus:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register:  2/12/1980Level

Historic Name: Hammond High SchoolOther Names: East Side SchoolAddress: 500 East ThomasCity:  HammondParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70401Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on

Historic Name: Independence Historic DistrictAddress: East Railroad Avenue, West Railroad Avenue, West 4th StreetCity:  IndependenceParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70443Status:  National RegisterDate

The June House, located at 408 East Coleman Avenue in Hammond, Louisiana, is listed on the National Register of Historic

Historic Name: Charles Adolph Kent. HouseAddress: 701 Avenue ECity:  KentwoodParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70444Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register:  10/30/1985Level

Historic Name: Loranger Methodist Church (DESTROYED)Address: corner of Allman Avenue and Magnolia BoulevardCity:  LorangerParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70446Status:  National RegisterDate Placed

Historic Name: McGehee Hall, Southeastern Louisiana UniversityAddress: Southeastern Louisiana UniversityCity:  HammondParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70402Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register:

The mansion was built in 1907 for Dr. Edward Larned McGehee Jr. and his wife, Aurora Wilkinson Gurley McGehee. The

Historic Name: Mount`s VillaAddress: off La Highway 22 @ 2.5 miles west of PonchatoulaCity:  PonchatoulaParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70454Status:  National RegisterDate

Historic Name: Nichols HouseAddress: 2 miles west of Ponchatoula on Highway 22City:  PonchatoulaParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70454Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on

Historic Name: G. W. Nesom HouseAddress: 50023 Highway 51 NorthCity:  TickfawParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70466Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register:

The Oaks Hotel, also historically known as Casa de Fresa (“House of Berries”), was once a landmark hotel in Hammond,

The Pass Manchac Light was a historic lighthouse in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, originally established in 1838 to mark the northern

The Ponchatoula Commercial Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, is the heart of “America’s

Historic Name: Reed Farmstead Log DependenciesAddress: La 445City:  HusserParish:  TangipahoaState: LAZipcode: 70442Status:  National RegisterDate Placed on National Register: 1/21/1993Level of

Founded in 1911 in Kentwood, the Tangipahoa Parish Training School (TPTS) was the first “county training school” for African Americans

Zemurray Gardens, located near Loranger/Hammond, LA, was a historic 75-acre, 1920s-era garden featuring thousands of azaleas, camellias, and dogwoods. Although