Alexandria Louisiana Retrospective - Old Alexandria Public Library

Old Alexandria Public Library The old Rapides Parish Library

This building at 503 Washington Street housed the Alexandria Public Library until its move one block east to the new library in 1965. I remember going to this building, and its creeky wooden steps, with my mother on a regular basis. The building, constructed in 1907 in the Beaux Arts style, has been carefully restored and today houses the Alexandria Historical & Genealogical Museum.