The Great Days of the Garden District, and the Old City of Lafayette

by Martha Ann Brett Samuel; Ray Samuel

THE GREAT DAYS OF THE
GARDEN DISTRICT
And the Old City of Lafayette

by
Martha Ann Brett Samuel
and
Ray Samuel

Published and Copyrighted 1961
Fifth Printing 1974

By the Parents’ League of the Louise S. McGehee School

Library of Congress Catalogue Card No. 61-18748

The city of Lafayette, during its 19 years of life, was proud and independent. Map shows its location and that of its “back” residential area, the Garden District. (Drawn by Gilbert Tasso.)

PREFACE

There has long been a need for the factual story of the old City of Lafayette and its fine residential area, the Garden District. What better opportunity to attempt to fill this need than to benefit the Louise S. McGehee School! This venerable institution now approaches its fiftieth year, a memorable half century of leadership in education.

Therefore, the Parents’ League of McGehee’s, as the school is affectionately known to three generations of students, considered it fitting to put its members to work on this project with a three-fold purpose: to memorialize the half century of growth of McGehee’s as it continues to expand its facilities to serve the community; to develop an extra source of income for the League’s contributions to the school; and to satisfy the continuous requests made by the hundreds of visitors who take the League-sponsored Garden District home tours.