Lacombe School, built in 1913 in

Lacombe, Louisiana Lacombe is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,679 at the 2010 census. Geography Lacombe is located at (30.314863, -89.931462). According to the United States Census Bureau, th ...

as a one-story two-room schoolhouse, was listed on the U.S.

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in 1990. It was then the Lacombe Museum. It is now known as the Bayou Lacombe Museum. It is a "plain" building with a tin

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. It served as the community's only elementary school from 1913 until "well past

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". Through 1990 the beaded board interior had retained its historic appearance, although some wall surfaces were obscured by museum exhibit boards. It is located on property of the current Lacombe Junior High School, and is linked to that by a covered walkway. With The schoolhouse/museum is accessible by a handicapped-access ramp. There exists a different "Lacombe Museum" in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.

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Two-room schoolhouses History museums in Louisiana School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana School buildings completed in 1913 Schools in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Museums in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana 1913 establishments in Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub