Lakeview Club

Status: Closed

Parish: St. Landry

Location: Eunice

On 13 North of Eunice,- Lakeview Park and Beach: Fred Bellow owner- bar at both ends, KBON Priscilla Alleman- wedding dance there- cash only- hole in the ceiling above stage for Mark Savoy to stand up. Now in RV park.

Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “The Lakeview Club is a Cajun dancehall located in a recreational vehicle park that features a man made lake for swimming. The hall opened in 1963 and closed around 1990. The building featured two bars. It is currently vacant but is plans to rehabilitate is are in the works. The building is of frame construction, has a cross gabled and metal roof, no parapet, and has a concrete pier foundation. The dance floor is constructed of wood strips. New owners are preparing to restore. Applied for a grant a few years ago based on historic significance (don’t know from whom) and was denied because too much of the original material had been removed. Siding and roof have been changed; porch removed or added/closed in. Some of the original flooring is removed. Ceiling is removed. Partition between dance hall and restaurant removed. Original dance hall was reportedly assembled from two bars relocated from Basile in the 1960s. Original attic fans, bars and bathrooms are there. Siding & roof are new with minor modifications in floor plan. Original ceiling removed. Anecdote about hole cut in original ceiling because Marc Savoy was so tall.”

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Photo Credit: John Sharp