For more than 30 years, the American Press (Lake Charles, Louisiana) has conducted business at 4900 U.S. 90. No longer. On Sunday, the historic newspaper returned to the heart of downtown Lake Charles — where we were founded in 1895 — in the newly refurbished offices at 715 Ryan St.
Our new home has a robust history of its own, having initially served as the shopping epicenter The Fair Store and later as the headquarters for the Girl Scouts Bayou Council, Parkinson Foundation of the South and the United Way of Southwest Louisiana.
We are excited to return to the place where it all started.
