Jct. of Martin Luther King Dr. and Alexander St., DeRidder, Louisiana. County/parish: Beauregard.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 01, 1996. NRIS 96000190.
2 contributing buildings.
The Beauregard Parish Training School (1929–1970) in DeRidder, Louisiana, was a school for black students and black teachers in training. The school's buildings are located on the original property at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Alexandria Street, and were the first African-American related structures in southwestern Louisiana to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, on March 1, 1996.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73973042