DENHAM SPRINGS — If the walls of the Old City Hall could talk, they would tell stories about the history of Denham Springs.

"All this is the history of our great city. You can never forget our history, because without our history, we don't have anything, right?" asked Denham Springs Mayor Gerard Landry.

He took us on a tour of this time machine of memories, a 1940s-era restored Art Deco building.

"This is Range Avenue in the heart of town," he said as he pointed to a painting depicting the early days of the town. "If you notice, it's all dirt roads."

On the opposite wall was a painting of one of the early hotels that helped give the city its name.

"This is one of the old hotels that was down there by the springs, which was what Denham Springs was named after," Landry said.

He showed

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