Architecture
St. Francis Cabrini Church
Badly damaged by the levee failure following Hurricane Katrina, St. Francis Cabrini Church was demolished despite the efforts of preservation advocates.
History
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St. Francis Chapel of Point Coupee
The original St. Francis Chapel of Point Coupee, was one of the first parish churches in Louisiana.
Architecture
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Plaquemines
St. John the Evangelist Church in Plaquemine, Louisiana, was modeled on Early Christian and Romanesque churches of Italy.
Architecture
St. Mark's Community Center
St. Mark's Community Center, a settlement house run by Methodist deaconesses, opened its doors in New Orleans in 1909 and continues to operate today.
History
St. Paul’s Bottoms
St. Paul’s Bottoms, a red-light district in Shreveport, was an experiment in controlled vice.
Archaeology
St. Peter Street Cemetery
Thousands of New Orleans’s eighteenth-century residents are interred at the site of the St. Peter Street Cemetery in the French Quarter.
Disasters
Steamboat Princess Disaster
On February 27, 1859, the Steamboat Princess exploded on the Mississippi River killing between 70 and 200 passengers and crew.
Government, Politics & Law
Stewart Butler
Stewart Butler was a pioneering LGBTQ+ activist who made an impact across the state and nation.
History
Storyville
Created by municipal ordinance in 1897, Storyville was New Orleans's infamous red-light district.
History
Students United
Students United was a student-led campus movement that advocated for student concerns at Southern University.
Foodways
Stuffed Shrimp
Popularized in the late 1950s, stuffed shrimp is a signature dish of Shreveport.
History
Taensa Tribe
One of Louisiana's pre-contact indigenous groups
