Plaisance School

Between 1914 and 1932 Louisiana built 393 Rosenwald schools, and only three survive in recognizable form. This one, finished in 1921, held 160 students from the first grade up through the sixth, seventh or eighth, and until the 1960s it was the only school for Black children in Plaisance. Plaisance High School, as it was also known, was folded into Northwest High School in 1991. Flood damage closed the building, it reopened in 2017, and a ceremony on November 12, 2022 marked its renovation. Fifth through eighth graders from Opelousas use its classrooms today.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Le Vieux Village and the Venus House — 6.9 mi
  A heritage park in Opelousas built around the Venus House of about 1791, the home of a free Creole woman of color, Marie Francois Venus, with an old schoolhouse, Methodist church and the visitor center's zydeco music exhibit.
• Prairie Acadian Cultural Center — 20 mi
  A National Park Service center in Eunice on the Cajun prairie, with exhibits on the Acadians who settled the prairies, a Courir de Mardi Gras display, free music and cooking demonstrations, and the shuttered Liberty Theatre nearby.
• Atchafalaya Welcome Center — 31 mi
  A state welcome center inside the Atchafalaya Basin, the nation's largest river swamp, with exhibits on Basin history and life, a film, a crawfishing boat and French-speaking staff.

More markers nearby

• Patriots of the Opelousas Militia — 4.2 mi
• Leon Wolff Mercantile — 4.5 mi
• Washington Museum — 4.5 mi
• Steamboat Warehouse — 4.6 mi