Terrebonne Parish Courthouse - Houma LA

City:: Houma, LA
Site Type:: Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
New Deal Agencies:: Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA), Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Started:: 1937
Designer:: Wogan & Bernard
Contractor:: Caldwell Bros. & Hart

Description

The Terrebonne Parish Courthouse in Houma, LA was one of 11 in the state attributable to the PWA. KnowLA writes that the parishes that received new courthouses are: Caldwell, Cameron, East Carroll, Iberia, Jackson, Madison, Natchitoches, Rapides, St. Bernard, St. Landry, and Terrebonne. As of 2014 each of the courthouses is in active use.

A supplemental courthouse has been constructed opposite School Street to the 1937 building.

The 1937 courthouse’s cornerstone reads:
Terrebonne Parish Court House
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Project No. LA. 1053-D
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Erected by the police jury of the Parish of Terrebonne
Dr. M. V. Marmande, President
1937