Bayou Boeuf Elementary School
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School | |
LA 307 | |
Nearest city | Thibodaux, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 29°52′05″N 90°35′38″W / 29.86795°N 90.59391°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1904 |
NRHP reference No. | 04000082[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 25, 2004 |
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School (BBES) is an elementary school in unincorporated Lafourche Parish, Louisiana,[2] east of the Kraemer (Bayou Boeuf) census-designated place.[3] It serves residents of the Ward 6 Area of the parish,[4] including Bayou Boeuf and Choctaw.[3][5][6] It is a part of Lafourche Parish Public Schools.
Its original 1904 school building, the "Little Red Schoolhouse," was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004.[1]
History
It was established between 1904 and 1905.[7] It occupied a 7-acre (2.8 ha) plot.[8]
In 1983 J. Kelly Nix, the Louisiana Superintendent of Education, declared the original Bayou Boeuf Elementary school building, also known as the "Little Red Schoolhouse", as the oldest continuously used
Students at Bayou Boeuf matriculate to Sixth Ward Middle School and Thibodaux High School.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Home. Bayou Boeuf Elementary School. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School 4138 Highway 307 Thibodaux, LA 70301 "
- ^ .
- ^ Houma Today. NYT Newspapers. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries: "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, grades Pre K – 5 [...] and all of Highway 307 and Choctaw Road on the east side of Sixth Ward Middle School."
- ^ "The 100th Anniversary of the Little Red Schoolhouse at Bayou Boeuf Elementary School Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine." Bayou Boeuf Elementary School. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.
- ^ The Boardman, Volumes 3-5. 1951. p. 26. "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School, Kraemer, La., (on a 7 acre plot)."
- ^ "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018. with two photos and two maps Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Register Staff (Fall 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Bayou Boeuf Elementary School". National Park Service. Retrieved July 10, 2018. With nine photos from 2003.
- ^ "LOUISIANA - Lafourche County" [sic]. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "Bayou Boeuf Elementary School." National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.
Further reading
- Cortez, Martin L. (2004). Dessus Le Bayou Boeuf: The History of Bayou Boeuf/Kraemer, Louisiana. Ann Arbor, MI: Cushing-Malloy.
External links
- Bayou Boeuf Elementary School
- Bayou Boeuf Elementary School (bbes.lpsd.k12.la.us) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)