Info from January 1927 Melville Sanborn Insurance Map Masonic hall on the NW corner of Church (#201) & Landrum- across from Rosenberg Hotel (NE), Garage & repair (SE), & bank (SW) ...

unknown lodge hall on corner of Church & Oak (#600 Oak) – across from moving picture & next to pressing club- info from January 1927 Melville Sanborn Insurance Map ...

unknown lodge hall on corner of Payton & Burton (#602 Payton) – across from Restaurant with domicile attched- info from January 1927 Melville Sanborn Insurance Map ...

unknown lodge hall on Texas (#118) between Church & North Ave- across from cobbler & next to hotel- info from January 1927 Melville Sanborn Insurance Map ...

Dana Olivier: “It was originally owned by my family, The Dupuis Family. They are old pictures and 2 of them contain my grandparents, Herman & Margaret Dupuis. I do not have the dates that these were taken. The photo of the exterior has a stamp on the back of it stating “CHANDLER STUDIO Lafayette, LA”. There was rooster cock pit at the Slipper (picture included). The man holding the rooster is my grandfather, Herman Dupuis, and the lady with her hand near the rooster’s neck is his wife and my grandmother, Margaret Guilbeau Dupuis. (i am not quite sure exactly who the others are but my father knows). The one with the car is just a picture taken outside and the one with the two couples is the interior of the Slipper with Herman & Margaret closer to the front (not sure who the couple is to the rear). The Silver Slipper was a combo of a grocery store and barroom. There was also a meat market across the street (all were associated together). The original Slipper was later sold by the original owners. Quite a few years later it caught fire and burned down. There is the “New Silver Slipper” located in the spot as the old one. It is more of a drive thru daiquiri hut which features live bands from time to time.” ...

Newspaper item mention of dance, 1920: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1920-10-09/ed-1/seq-3/ : 1921: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1921-01-29/ed-1/seq-5/ ...

152 Leo Lane, Lewisburg Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “Bourque’s is a Cajun dancehall located in the center of the Lewisburg community. The opening date is unknown, but the club closed in 2006 and is currently vacant and in poor condition. The building is of a frame construction, has a bonnet/gable and metal roof, no parapet, and has an unknown type of foundation. The dance floorand ceiling are both constructed of wood strips. The bar is located in a separate room than the dance floor. The integrity is uncertain but appears to be unaltered. Siding might have been replaced at some point.” Owner was Leon Bourque. Mrs. Bourque continued to operate it until closing: Bobby & Marella Caffey & Eldine & Ernest (Ben) Benoit: “We were there one time, sitting at a table, and it started raining. The roof was leaking so bad that we had to move to another table to stay dry. You looked around and half the tables had bucket son them- catching the rain leaking through.” Sadly, the building that housed Bourque’s Club burned to the ground on July 24, 2019.   ...

Photos by Maida Owens (left) and Marty Guidry (two at right) Marty Guidry: “Guidry’s Friendly Lounge on Tony Street in Lewisburg entertained a varied crowd with authentic Cajun music. As the fiddle and Abbeville squeeze box (a.k.a. accordion) hummed from the bandstand, old timers and young folks alike crowded the old wooden dance floor to two-step the night away. The pool tables, foosball game and, of course, bar in the front were always occupied. Located nine miles south of Opelousas in the tiny hamlet of Lewisburg, Guidry’s was worth the short drive from Lafayette to enjoy an old-time Cajun dance hall. The simple plank wood construction and the low ceilings at Guidry’s typified Cajun dance halls.” ...