Jules Coco Building

Historical marker location:

105 North Main Street, Marksville, Louisiana

( Marker is on North Main Street near West Bon Temps Street, on the left when traveling north.)

1899-1918.

Louisiana was a slave state before the American Civil War, and the state played a significant role in the Civil War. The Battle of Port Hudson, which took place in Louisiana in 1863, was the longest siege in American history.