Lacombe School

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Lacombe School | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | location = Jct. of St. Mary and 14th Sts., Lacombe, Louisiana | coordinates = {{coord|30|18|56|N|89|56|37|W|source:NRIS2013a|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Louisiana#USA | built = 1913 | added = November 8, 1990 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 90001742<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} '''Lacombe School''', built in 1913 in Lacombe, Louisiana as a one-story two-room schoolhouse, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1990.<ref name=nris/> It was then the '''Lacombe Museum'''.<ref name=nrhpdoc/> It is now known as the '''Bayou Lacombe Museum'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bayoulacombemuseum.com/ |title=Bayou Lacombe Museum}}</ref>

It is a "plain" building with a tin hipped roof. It served as the community's only elementary school from 1913 until "well past World War II".<ref name=nrhpdoc/> Through 1990 the beaded board interior had retained its historic appearance, although some wall surfaces were obscured by museum exhibit boards.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>

It is located on property of the current Lacombe Junior High School, and is linked to that by a covered walkway.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=90001742}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lacombe School |publisher=National Park Service|author= |date= |accessdate=February 6, 2021}} With {{NRHP url|id=90001742|photos=y|title=accompanying five photos from 1990}}</ref>

The schoolhouse/museum is accessible by a handicapped-access ramp.<ref>Google Streetview, accessed February 2, 2021</ref><ref name="Inside Northside Magazine">{{cite journal|title=St. Tammany's Amazing Museums|journal=Inside Northside Magazine|issue=May/June 2008|url=http://www.insidenorthside.com/08mayjune/0508museums.html|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum|url=http://www.louisiananorthshore.com/attractions/moreinfo.php?ID=13147&detail=museums|publisher=St. Tammany Parish Tourist & Convention Commission|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Lacombe Town Talk: Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum doors soon to reopen|url=http://www.nola.com/community/st-tammany/index.ssf/2011/02/lacombe_town_talk_bayou_lacomb.html|publisher=Times Picayune|accessdate=20 April 2015|date=February 12, 2011}}</ref>

There exists a different "Lacombe Museum" in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada.

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Category:Two-room schoolhouses Category:History museums in Louisiana Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Category:School buildings completed in 1913 Category:Schools in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Category:Museums in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Category:1913 establishments in Louisiana