Meeker Sugar Refinery

Meeker Sugar Refinery
Location US 71, Meeker in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates 31°3′30″N 92°22′43″W / 31.05833°N 92.37861°W / 31.05833; -92.37861Coordinates: 31°3′30″N 92°22′43″W / 31.05833°N 92.37861°W / 31.05833; -92.37861
Area 21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built 1912
Architect Meeker Sugar Refinery Co., Inc.
NRHP reference # 87002023[1]
Added to NRHP November 16, 1987

Meeker Sugar Refinery is located in Meeker in south Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The refinery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 16, 1987.

It was operated by the Klock brothers, Ernest Lorne Klock (1879-1967) and Neil Haven Klock, the latter of whom who served from 1940 to 1944 in the Louisiana House of Representatives as one of the three Rapides Parish members.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Ernest Lorne Klock" (PDF). klockconnections.com. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Rapides Parish" (PDF). house.Louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014.


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