Tioga Commissary

Tioga Rd., Tioga, Louisiana. County/parish: Rapides.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 16, 1986. NRIS 86002880.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Tioga Commissary

Tioga Commissary is located in Tioga, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 1986.

Located north of Alexandria the Commissary is part of the Tioga Heritage Park and Museum

In 1905 Stephen Lee purchased a sawmill, built by Julius Levin, and surrounding land from Daniel F. Clark, owner of Union Lumber Company. Lee constructed the rural Commissary to meet the needs of his employees at Lee Lumber Company and Tioga & Southeastern Railway Company. The building served as a department store, grocery, post office, and general gathering place for decades.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73974584

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