Laplace’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Laplace. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Chitimacha lived in the region prior to the arrival of European colonists. The tribe's lands once encompassed the entire Atchafalaya Basin, westward to Lafayette, southward to the Gulf of Mexico and eastward to the New Orleans area. The Chitimacha tribe currently resides on a reservation in St. Mary Parish.
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Start Laplace’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Laplace’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMontegut Plantation: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Laplace
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Laplace, decade by decade
2000
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2 historic places in Laplace
2 places in Laplace are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Montegut Plantation and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.