Beauregard Parish Courthouse
1st Street, DeRidder, Louisiana

On September 22, 1983 this building was put on the National Historic Register. 

In was built in 1914. It is easily Beauregard Parish's largest building, as well as the only example of a domed structure with classical details. It is also the only building in the parish with colossal order columns. The large, three-story structure occupies a city square in the heart of historical downtown DeRidder. The clock in the dome with its four faces, originally hand wound, has been converted to electric motors.

Gothic Jail
201 W. First Street, Deridder, Louisiana

Added to the National Historic Register in 1981. 

These imposing buildings were completed in 1915. Celebrated in the traditions and song "The Hangman's Jail", the lockup was the location of a double execution in 1928. The jail and courthouse are connected by a tunnel used to transport prisoners out of public view. The jail is closed for renovations. The courthouse is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Burks Log Cabin
604 Railroad Road, Merryville, Louisiana
( 337 ) 825-0980

Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 08, 1987.

Raised in 1883, Burk's Cabin was moved to Merryville, completely restored.  It is typical of log cabins built when the area was opened to homesteading in the 1880's. 
It is the only authentic log cabin in Beauregard Parish. The chimney is mud daub, using traditional methods from West Louisiana.

Dry Creek School
8223 Hwy. 113, Dry Creek, Louisiana
( 337 ) 328-7531

The building was put on the National Register of Historic Places January 28, 1988.

Referred to as the "White House" , the Dry Creek School  is an imposing neo-Greco building that alters one's concept of the traditional country school, Built in 1912, the wings and columns of the building were added in 1919-1920. the school was the first to support public education through taxes. A victim of school consolidation, it closed in 1962. 

DeRidder Commercial Historic District 

In 1983, the commercial historic district in downtown Deridder  42 buildings were put on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Roughly bound by the RR Line, Second, Stewart and Port Streets.

Beauregard Parish Training School
Jct. of Martin Luther King Dr. & Alexander St. DeRidder, La.

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on March 01, 1996. 

The Beauregard Parish Training School is the first African-American related structure in Southwest Louisiana to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, March 1, 1996. Built in 1929. The final goal of the parish training school movement was to prepare teachers who would then serve in the region's rural black elementary schools.

DeRidder USO Building
also known as the 
War Memorial Civic Center
Jct. of Pine & 7th Street, DeRidder, La.

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on February 25, 1992. 

The War Memorial Civic Center was the first building built for and donated to the United Services Organization (USO) in 1941. It was one of the largest of five different sizes of Type A buildings designed for USO's by the Quartermaster Corps. Off-duty soldiers from Camp Polk and DeRidder Army Air Base made it a home away from home. The structure, exterior and interior, is preserved on its original site and in its original condition. The shower house still exists to the south of the building and dances are still held on the original wooden floor. The builder was LeBlanc Brothers (Baton Rouge) who completed the building in 39 days for a cost of $57,480. It was ready to be used for the recreational and spiritual welfare of our armed services, Army and Army Air Force in the area on Nov. 27, 1941. Artifacts are on display, which commemorate the DeRidder Army Air Base, Camp Polk, the big Louisiana Maneuvers and the USO. Original WWII posters line the wall of the main drawing room. Plaques commemorate Generals Bradley, Mark Clark, Eisenhower, Marshall, and Patton, that mark meeting rooms named in their honor. On February 25, 1946 the American Legion purchased the building from the United States government and shortly thereafter donated it to the Police Jury with the stipulation that it be operated and maintained as a war memorial civic center. The building is maintained with a tax millage and continues in this use through the present.

First Street School
500 W. First Street, DeRidder, La.

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on November 19, 1998. 

The two-story red brick building known as the First Street Grammar School is associated with the progression of elementary education in Beauregard Parish. Since it is the only known art deco school in the area it is considered to be historically significant. 

First United Methodist Church
Martin Luther King Drive, DeRidder, La.

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on November 21, 1991

It was during the ministry of the Rev. Riggs that the Hudson River Lumber Company donated to the church the two lots on the northeast comer of the present courthouse square, and the first church building was erected, a frame structure with a bell tower, a gabled roof and high arched windows. The cornerstone was laid July 2, 1905, but a yellow fever epidemic prevented use of the new building until November of that year.
In 1913 DeRidder became the county seat of newly formed Beauregard Parish, and on September 11th the church property was sold to the Police Jury so that the new court house and jail buildings could occupy the entire east half of the downtown block. The selling price was $7,500.00 and the building was moved to the New Heights Road, now Martin Luther King Drive, where it is still used by the Starlight Baptist Church.

Hudson River Lumber Company General Manager's House
411 S. Washington, DeRidder, La.

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on February 21, 2007.

The Hudson River Lumber Company General Manager's House is a large, wood frame residence built in 1910 as a traditional foursquare with Craftsman details. The lumber company constructed it directly across Washington Avenue from the mill for use by its general manager. The house was first occupied by general manager C. H. Dodd and his family, Dodd moved to DeRidder to assume the job in October 1910. The house is locally significant in the area of industry as an important survivor to represent the lumber history of DeRidder. The company built house served as C. H. Dodd's home from the time it was built in 1910 until his retirement in July of 1921. When Dodd retired and moved to Dallas, Texas, the home was sold to a private individual. 

Shady Grove School & Community Building
2400 LA. Hwy. 26 DeRidder, La.
Located 6 miles east of Hwy 171, on Hwy 26, Southeast of DeRidder

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on  December 20, 2002

The building which served from 1919 to 1928 as the Shady Grove school and subsequently as the small village's community center, survives completely unaltered in a rural setting southeast of DeRidder.
Hundreds of schools such as the Shady Grove School existed across the state in the early twentieth century - they were the face of rural education. Today there are probably less than 20 remaining, if that many. Shady Grove survived because it continued to be used.
Prior to consolidation of schools which generally occurred in the 1920s and '30s, every little community had a school where grades 1 - 6 or 1 - 7 were taught. Shady Grove's closing in 1928 was due to consolidation which resulted in fewer but larger schools. There were between 1 and 3 teachers and estimated enrollment of 60 students.
As consolidation changed the face of rural education, the school closed nine years after classes began. School board minutes reveal that in October 1928, the parish superintendent was authorized to offer the building first to the community for purchase. Finding money was a problem but finally on May 31, 1929, over 40 Shady Grove citizens incorporated and bought the school building.
The history of Shady Grove gives us an insight into the rural life in the 1930s and '40s. Business meetings of the Shady Grove Community Club, held once a month, also included some type of social event (a program or a covered dish supper). Locally organized three-act plays, performed by both children and adults, were quite popular. Two week "singing schools" were held regularly, with teachers boarding in the community. "Chalk talks" (colored chalk drawings done to musical accompaniment) were also much anticipated events. Boxed suppers and pie and cake sales were held to offset upkeep expenses. Besides social events, the home demonstration club met in the building in the 1930s, and after WW II, veterans took classes there. A few weddings and funerals were conducted there.
The building remains in community use and is used mainly as a polling place, for reunions, auctions, and garage sales.

Sills House
211 W. Fourth St. DeRidder, La.

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on  February 21, 2007

The Sills House is a large, one-story wood frame residence with bungalow details. It is situated on a double lot in an area of DeRidder that was platted for the Hudson River Lumber Company. Charles Sills, Superintendent of the Company, purchased the land in question from the Company in 1914. The first Sanborn map for the area, dated 1916, shows the house in place. 
The Sills House is locally significant in the area of industry as a rare survivor to represent the important lumber boom history of DeRidder.

Toy House
205 W. Fourth St. DeRidder, La.

Was put on the National Register of Historic Places  on  February 21, 2007