Cash Grocery and Sales Company Warehouse

The Cash Grocery and Sales Company Warehouse, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, was built around 1937. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

Cash Grocery and Sales Company Warehouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	801 Enterprise Blvd, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°13′38″N 93°12′14″W
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	c. 1937
Architect	Lewis Dunn of Dunn and Quinn
Architectural style	1930s warehouse
NRHP reference No.	10000395[1]
Added to NRHP	June 24, 2010

It is located at 801 Enterprise Blvd., on the corner of Broad Street, in Lake Charles. It has also been known as Cash and Carry or Cash and Carry Grocery Sales.[1]

It is a 9,600 square feet (890 m²) warehouse which functioned like a Sam's Club, selling wholesale goods to small grocers and other businesses.[2]

It was designed by Lewis Dunn of architects Dunn & Quinn.[1][2] It may have been built by Robert Thibodeaux.[1]

It was closed in 1992. It was listed on the "Most Endangered Sites List" of the Calcasieu Historical Preservation Society. Its architectural detail was studied under a "Vanishing History" program grant from the National Park Service and the Louisiana Office of Cultural Development for Fifth Graders. The building was "rescued" by Rich and Donna Richard in 2007; its preservation was recognized by the Louisiana Trust for Historical Preservation in a 2009 Honor Award. It was listed on the National Register in 2010.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "The Cash and Carry Building".