Camp Livingston Louisiana WWII Army Camp

The Current Camp Livingston

After the war ended in 1945, the Army began work to transition the camp back to civilian use.

click for interactive Camp Livingston area map at Google

Today, the area is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Kisatchie National Forest and offers biking, hiking, ATV trails and other recreational opportunities.

To this day, 70 years after the camp's construction and subsequent abandonment after the war, evidence of its existence remains.

Concrete streets and foundations have survived, and an obvious outline of the street grid of the camp is still visible from satellite photographs (see image above).

Reuse ... before it was a popular trend!

Some camp buildings received a new life, and continued use in the Central Louisiana area. Trinity Methodist Church on Chester Street in Alexandria secured a frame Army Chapel building from Camp Livingston which the church veneered on the outside with Waskom brick.  The first Sunday service held in this new sanctuary was on November 15, 1948.

Other buildings, such as wooden barracks, were also moved and used for a number of years. In 1948, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Alexandria purchased its "Parish Hall" from the War Assets Administration, remodeled the structure, and made it serviceable for parish meetings and functions for many years.

In 1948, Bishop Charles P. Greco helped secure the land to establish a mission at the corner of Booner Miller and Denny roads in Kolin, according to the diocese. The building placed there was a remodeled barracks from Camp Claiborne.