Pointe Coupee Parish is named for the French phrase “la pointe coupee” meaning “the place of the cut-off” referring to the False River an oxbow of the Mississippi River.
Created: April 10, 1805
Parish Seat :
New Roads 1807 – present
Parish Courthouse – New Roads
Location: 201 East Main Street / Court Street
Built: 1902 – 1903
Style: Romanesque Revival
Architect: Andrew J Bryan & Company of Atlanta, Georgia
Contractor: M T Lewman of Louisville, Kentucky
Description: The building faces south and is a two story red colored brick structure. The south front has an arched entrance on the first story with a high square clock tower rising to a steep roof. On either side of the entrance are round towers with conical roofs. The building has a sloped roof. On the north side is a two story addition built in 1939. The architect was William T Nolan, Ulisse M Nolan and A W Norman and the contractor was E E Rabalais & Sons and Sciamba and Masion. The buildings were renovated in 1986. The architect was Albin M Herbert and Glenn C Morgan and the contractor was M D Descant, Inc.
See: The architect, Andrew J Bryan, designed the courthouses in Alabama in Coffee County, Lee County and Monroe County; in Georgia in Colquitt County, Pulaski County and Stewart County; in Kentucky in Bracken Couinty and Mercer County; in Mississippi in Attala County and Simpson County; and in Texas in Rains County.
See: The contractor M T Lewman and Company of Louisville, Kentucky.
Parish Courthouse Annex – New Roads
Location: 201 East Main Street / Court Street
Built: 1977 – 1978
Style: Modern
Architect: A M Hebert and G C Morgan
Contractor: Woodrow Wilson Construction Company
Description: The building faces north and is a one story red colored brick and concrete structure. The north front has a recessed center section with two a square brick pillars and recessed glass wall with center entrance. The roof line is flat.
Courthouses:
N – Concordia Parish
S – West Baton Rouge Parish, Iberville Parish and Saint Martin Parish
W – Saint Landry Parish and Avoyelles Parish
Photos taken 2011 and 2017