National Register Listing

Minden Historic District

a.k.a. See Also:Drake House;McDonald House;Webster Parish Library B

Roughly, Broadway, East/West St. and Lewisville Rd. bordering Academy Park and adjacent parts of Elm St. and Fort St., Minden, LA
Local significance of the district:
Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

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.