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Historic Hotels and Inns in Bienville Parish, LA

Hotels, inns and old taverns on the register near you, a few of which will still rent you a room.

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Most residents could not tell you which local buildings are on the National Register. Bienville Parish is one of 64 counties in Louisiana. The record can, and the closest listings to Bienville Parish, LA are below.

On the record near Bienville Parish, LA

The 12 nearest

19 listed sites on the record match historic hotels and inns within 120 miles of Bienville Parish, LA, out of 35 listed sites of every kind within 25 miles. 11 listed sites carry Bienville Parish as their county.

  1. Stage Coach Inn8.1 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Building · Gibsland · listed 1980National Register of Historic Places
  2. Wayside Inn8.2 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Building · Gibsland · listed 1980National Register of Historic Places
  3. Jefferson Hotel40 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Building · Shreveport · listed 1989National Register of Historic Places
  4. City Hotel49 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Building · Marthaville · listed 1993National Register of Historic Places
  5. McNeely Hotel61 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Building · Many · listed 1996National Register of Historic Places
  6. Hotel Lesage64 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · District · Colfax · listed 2016National Register of Historic Places
  7. Ginocchio Hotel and Restaurant76 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Harrison CountyRecorded Texas Historic Landmark
  8. Early Jefferson Lodge Building78 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Marion CountyRecorded Texas Historic Landmark
  9. Bentley Hotel83 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Building · Alexandria · listed 1979National Register of Historic Places
  10. Lewis Hotel85 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · San Augustine CountyRecorded Texas Historic Landmark
  11. Hotel Wiley91 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Nacogdoches CountyRecorded Texas Historic Landmark
  12. Halfway Inn (Flournoy - Granberry House)96 miles from the center of Bienville Parish · Nacogdoches CountyRecorded Texas Historic Landmark

Distances are straight-line from the center of Bienville Parish, LA. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.

Historic Hotels in Bienville Parish, step by step

  1. 1

    See every listed site of this kind in the area

  2. 2

    Sort by distance and pick the closest few

  3. 3

    Read the record for the year, the builder and the use

  4. 4

    View from the public way and note what has changed

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    Collect the set and move on to the next county

What people in Bienville Parish, LA ask first

How much does it cost to visit these sites in Bienville Parish, LA?

Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.

Where does the information on these sites come from?

From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.

Are these buildings open to the public?

Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.

What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?

It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.

How a visit works in Bienville Parish

  1. Step 1

    Find the place

    Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In Bienville Parish, LA the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.

  2. Step 2

    Read the story

    The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.

  3. Step 3

    Get there under your own power

    Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in Bienville Parish, LA are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.

  4. Step 4

    Collect it and come back

    Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.

The rules that make it work

The record comes first

Every site on these pages comes from a published register or marker program, with its source named. Nothing is listed that is not on the record.

Read the whole story

A marker is a few lines on a post. The story behind it is longer, and it includes the hard parts. Both are worth the stop.

Movement makes it stick

People remember the places they walked to. A route through five markers teaches more than fifty marker pages read on a couch.

Local beats famous

The marker two streets over usually has a better story than the one in the guidebook, and nobody else is standing in front of it.

Respect the ground

Many sites are private homes, working churches or cemeteries. View from the public way, follow posted hours, and leave it as you found it.

Every visitor can improve it

Markers go missing, get moved, or carry mistakes. A photo or a location fix from the person standing there is how the record stays right.

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