Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall
Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall | |
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Location | 400 Blk. Lamarque St., Mandeville, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°21′20″N 90°03′44″W / 30.35556°N 90.06222°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1895 |
NRHP reference No. | 00001145[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 22, 2000 |
The Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall, in Mandeville, Louisiana, was built in 1895. It was home of the 1885-founded mutual assistance/social organization, the "Dew Drop Social and Benevolent No. 2 of Mandeville". it served as a meeting hall and as the venue for dances.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
It is located on the 400 block of Lamarque St. in Mandeville.[2]
It was deemed significant "as a major center of social life for African-Americans in the Mandeville area. It is also of significance within southern Louisiana as a rare surviving African-American benevolent association hall. Because all available evidence indicates that the building's heyday as a social center and benevolent association hall ended c.1940, that date is being used to end the period of significance."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved March 22, 2019. With accompanying seven photos from 2000
- African-American historic places
- National Register of Historic Places in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
- Buildings and structures completed in 1895
- 1895 establishments in Louisiana
- Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- African-American history of Louisiana
- Dance venues in the United States
- Mandeville, Louisiana
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs