Moss Music Hall

Over the Moss Pharmacy: Newspaper mention about Tribe of Ben Hur organizing there, 1909: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86079068/1909-09-24/ed-1/seq-1/ : 1910: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86079068/1910-01-25/ed-1/seq-1/ : Mardi Gras dance, 1912: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86079068/1912-02-16/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

Chez Gisele

Gay cabaret from 1960s-1980s- floor shows and drag queens- book Mademoiselle Gigi ...

Cliff’s Country Club

(L) From the book “Images de Lafayette: A Pictoral History”, edited by Paul F. Matthews: “Bing Crosby makes an appearance in the Lafayette area in 1931 at Cliff’s Counrty Club on the Breaux Bridge Road.” (R) Image from postcard ...

Club Hill Top

“Just South of Lafayette” opened by Toby Veltin in 1942 ...

Coconut Grove

Don Gassie: Owned by Kossuth Blanchet. Lafayette was the biggest gay scene between New Orleans and Houston in the late 50s-early 60s. Located on Vermilion between Don’s Seafood and Jefferson St. The door keeper was Joe Egan, who claimed to have worked in the Chicago area for one of Al Capone’s organizations. He would keep most non-gays out unless he knew you, in which case we were treated to tales of prohibition and gangsters. ...

Corner Bar

Rocky Sexton- “far north end of Lafayette, scarcely a stone’s throw from I-10” ...