Downtown residential has been a top priority across the board. While there aren’t yet apartments available on top of the Children’s Museum overlooking Parc Sans Souci or lofts built along the newly ...

Freetown-Port Rico, a Lafayette neighborhood that once was a safe haven for freed slaves, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The long-sought designation, which came this week, ...

Residents of a Lafayette neighborhood once known as a safe haven for freed slaves and free men of color during the mid-1800s are working to add the area to the National Register of Historic Places.

Congratulations, Freetown. You are officially on the National Register of Historic Places. It was two years in the making, but Freetown-Port Rico is the first designated historic district in 31 years.