The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Swartz began as the site of the Swartz Sawmill, owned by the E. G. Swartz Company Ltd., as well as The Swartz & Ouachita City Railroad.
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CommonsSwartz, Louisiana Post Office sign2023
CommonsSwartz, Louisiana Post Office dedication plaque2023
CommonsSwartz, Louisiana Post Office close up sign2023
CommonsSwartz, Louisiana Post Office blue box2023
CommonsSwartz, Louisiana Post Office PO boxes2023
CommonsSwartz Louisiana Outliine 022023
CommonsSwartz Louisiana Outliine 012023
CommonsOuachita Parish Schools school bus at Swartz Elementary2023
CommonsLouise Williams Library, Monroe, Louisiana 20232023
CommonsBetter Water Works Swartz water tower blue2023
CommonsSwartz Baptist Church in Swartz, LA IMG 13072008
CommonsLAMap-doton-Swartz2004National Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Swartz is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Swartz has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Grayson House in Monroe, 7.9 miles away.
Swartz and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Grayson House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Swartz?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Swartz’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.