Hosted many zydeco and Mardi Gras dances. Many organized by Lawrence “Black” Ardoin. Site of the Boozoo Chavis versus Beau Jocque concert featured in the film “The Kingdom of Zydeco” by Robert Mugge The Kingdom of Zydeco trailer from Robert Mugge on Vimeo. ...

From http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/SWLAMusicians/encycloaj.htm: “The Green Frog was a club in Lake Charles on the corner of Broad Street and Highway 14. The building later became Papania’s Italian Restaurant. “on Hwy 90 (Broad Street)- closed early 1960s ...

Newspaper mention of opening dance: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064402/1919-10-04/ed-1/seq-8/ Newspaper mention that the dancehall was destroyed by fire: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064402/1921-05-14/ed-1/seq-1/ ...