C. C. Antoine Monument, (sculpture).

C. C. Antoine Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

C. C. Antoine Monument, (sculpture).

Caesar Carpetier Antoine Monument, (sculpture).

1984. Dedicated May 26, 1984.

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.

(Front of sculpture, below bust relief, raised lettering:) CAESAR CARPETIER/ANTOINE/BORN 1836/NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA/1862--1866/CAPTAIN, COMPANY 1, 7TH./REGIMENT, LOUISIANA MILITIA/UNION ARMY/1868--1872/STATE SENATOR/1872--1876/LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR/1876/RE-ELECTED AND SERVED/UNTIL APRIL 1877/DIED SEPTEMBER 10, 1921/SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA (Rear of sculpture, incised lettering:) C. C. ANTOINE'S POLITICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/1868/ELECTED TO THE CONSTUTIONAL (sic)/CONVENTION,/ELECTED AS SENATOR REPRESENTING/CADDO PARISH TO THE LOUISIANA/SENATE BY POPULAR VOTE./1869/SPONSORED A BILL IN THE LOUISIANA/SENATE TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST/CHARITY HOSPITAL IN SHREVEPORT./1871/INTRODUCED A BILL IN THE/LOUISIANA SENATE TO:/INCORPORATE THE CITY OF/SHREVEPORT,/PROVIDE POLICE AND MUNICIPAL/AGENCIES,/ESTABLISH MAYOR COUNCIL FORM/OF GOVERNMENT,/BUILD THE FIRST CITY HALL,/1872/ELECTED AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR/FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA./1876/RE-ELECTED AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR/FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL WEEKS HE/SERVED AS ACTING GOVERNOR ISSUING/A NUMBER OF OFFICIAL ORDERS.

(Side of sculpture, incised lettering:) CAESAR C. ANTOINE,/THE SON OF A VETERAN OF THE WAR OF 1812/WHO FOUGHT THE BRITISH AT THE BATTLE OF/NEW ORLEANS, HIS MOTHER WAS A NATIVE OF THE/WEST INDIES AND THE DAUGHTER OF AN AFRICAN/CHIEF./AT THE AGE OF THE HE WAS SENT TO THE/WILLIAM MULFORD SCHOOL. HE GRADUATED AFTER/NINE MONTHS AND BECAME A BARBER./IN 1862, IN A PERIOD OF 48 HOURS HE RAISED A/COMPANY OF BRAVE BLACK MEN WHO JOINED THE/CIVIL WAR AS COMPANY I SEVENTH REGIMENT OF/THE LOUISIANA MILITIA, WITH ANTOINE AS CAPTAIN./AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CIVIL WAR HE/MOVED TO SHREVEPORT, AND ESTABLISHED HIM-/SELF IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS./IN 1884 HE SERVED AS WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF/BERRY LODGE NO. 2, LOCATED IN NEW ORLEANS OF/THE MOST WORSHIPFUL EUREKA AND LODGE/K. & A.M. FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IN 1944/CHANGED TO THE MOST WORSHIPFUL PRINCE HALL,/GRAND LODGE.f.&A.M. FOR THE STATE OF/LOUISIANA AND ITS JURISDICTION./AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1921,/HE WAS A WEALTHY MAN/OWNING A SMALL PLANTATION, SOME CITY LOTS, A/THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLAR RESIDENCE AND WAS/CO-OWNER OF SAME WEEKLY LOUISIANIAN/NEWSPAPER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PAUL/METHODIST CHURCH./HE DIED AT HIS HOME 1941 PERRIN STREET, AND/WAS INTERRED IN FLOURNOY BAPTIST CHURCH/CEMETERY.

(Other side of sculpture, incised lettering:) DEDICATED THIS 26TH DAY OF MAY 1984 TO THE/MEMORY OF A GREAT MAN, AS A LIGHT AND RAY/OF HOPE TO ALL OUR CHILDREN, TO SHOW THAT/HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE COMBINED/WITH LOVE OF GOD AND CONCERN FOR MANKIND/CAN OPEN ANY DOOR./(Masonic emblem)/M. W. PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE/F. & A. M. FOR THE STATE OF/LOUISIANA AND JURISDICTION/EARLE L. BRADFORD MAY A.D. 1984/M. W. GRAND MASTER A. J. 5982/C. C. ANTOINE LODGE NO. 185/OFFICERS/(list of eighteen names follows)/SPECIAL RECOGNITION/(fourteen lines of names of lodges and individuals follow)

Granite obelisk with an incised bust portrait of Caesar Carpetier Antoine (1836-1921) on the upper front, wearing a moustache. The sculpture is mounted upon a short, rough-edged base and surrounded by a chain link base.

Portrait male -- Antoine, Caesar Carpetier -- Bust

Ethnic -- African American

Occupation -- Military -- Captain

Occupation -- Political -- State Senator

Occupation -- Political -- Lieutenant Governor

Occupation -- Political -- Governor

Occupation -- Other -- Businessman

Occupation -- Service -- Barber

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Shreveport

Administered by City of Shreveport, Parks & Recreation, 800 Snow Street, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101

Located C. C. Antoine Park, Corner of Sycamore, Park, Abble, & Milam Streets, Shreveport, Louisiana

Monument commemorates Caesar Carpetier Antoine, an influential African-American patriarch and political reformer of Reconstruction Era Shreveport. Antoine had a multifaceted career, beginning as a barber and joining the Civil War in 1862 as Captain in Company 1, 7th Regiment, Louisiana Militia. From 1868 to 1872, he served as Louisiana State Senator, and then as Lieutenant Governor, serving briefly as acting Governor. He was also a wealthy plantation owner and businessman. IAS files contain partial transcription of names on obelisk and newspaper article from The Times, Feb. 23, 1996, pg. 1D.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.

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