Project type: Courthouses (State & Local), Civic Facilities
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The historic Cameron County Courthouse in Cameron, Louisiana was constructed with the aid of Public Works Administration (PWA) funds.
“Further testimony to the structures’ solidity can be found in Cameron Parish, where its courthouse was one of the few buildings in town to weather Hurricane Audrey in 1957 without serious damage. In 2005 Hurricane Rita leveled almost the entire town, but the courthouse is still standing.”
Source notes
Leighninger, Robert. "Building Louisiana: the Legacy of the Public Works Administration."
https://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=495
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