West Feliciana Parish is named for Felicite de Galvez, who was the wife of Bernardo de Galvez a Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory.
Created: February 17, 1824
County Seat:
St. Francisville 1824 – present
Parish Courthouse – St. Francisville
Location: 4785 Prosperity Street / Ferdinand Street
Built: 2004 – 2005
Style: Modern
Architect: Holly & Smith
Contractor: Arkel Constructors Inc.
Description: The building faces west and is a two story red colored brick, concrete and glass structure. The west front has a small portico with four columns rising to a pediment at the roof line. The building has wide eaves along the flat roof. On the west side is the old courthouse.
Old Parish Courthouse – St. Francisville
Location: 4785 Prosperity Street / Ferdinand Street
Built: 1903 – 1904
Style: Beaux Arts
Architect: Andrew J Bryan
Contractor: M T Lewman & Company
Description: The building faces north and is a two story red colored brick structure. On each side is a portico with four thin columns rising to a pediment. On the center of the roof is an octagonal dome with clock and black colored roof. An addition was constructed on the west side in 1963.
See: The contractor M T Lewman and Company of Louisville, Kentucky.
Note: Between 1824 and 1829, the courthouse was a rented two story building. From 1829 to 1853, the second courthouse was the old St. Francisville Hotel and the third courthouse was constructed in 1852 on the site of the present courthouse constructed in 1903.
See: The old Feliciana Parish Courthouse is located at Jackson in East Feliciana Parish.
Courthouses:
N – Wilkinson County, Mississippi
S – East Baton Rouge Parish and Pointe Cupee Parish
Photos taken 2011 and 2017