FUQUA HARDWARE COMPANY
Henry Luse Fuqua owned and ran the 'Fuqua
Hardware Company' from 1883 to 1922,
In 1905, he built this building on the corner of 358 Third St. & Laurel St.
Fuqua became Louisiana's Governor May 19, 1924; he died in office in 1926.
It is now River Place Condominiums
Mosaic Door mat
James Overton Fuqua, Henry Luse Fuqua's father, was a member of the law firm Fuqua and Kilbourne of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana in early last half of 1800's. I believe later, he was a member of the Baton Rouge firm of Fuqua and Callahan. Source




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