Frank’s Amusement Park
Status: Closed
Parish: Vermilion
Location: Abbeville
Mentioned in “History of Vermilion Parish, La., Vol. 1”: A privately owned and operated park by the bayou on the west side of Abbeville (now Oak Forest subdivision on Eleazar Street). There was a dance pavilion and a bandstand that featured weekly concerts, in addition to a swimming pool, bath houses, alligator pond, and a cage of monkeys. Opened by Mr. Frank DeGraauw, Sr. in the 1920s.