WESTLAKE, CALCASIEU PARISH, LA Contributed by Margaret Rentrop Moore Source: Southwest Louisiana Biographical & Historical by William Henry Perrin; published 1891 page 160 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ West Lake Charles is situated on the west bank of the lake. It contains the Perkins & Miller mill, the store of A. J. Perkins, store of W. B. Norris, and saloon of H. Escubas. It has a Baptist church, and a school of about thirty scholars. There are several nice residences in the place, and quite a number of comfortable cottages. Mr. Escubas is building a very handsome hotel of about twenty rooms, which will be completed in the course of three or four weeks, and he is also building a livery stable. From the upper porch of the hotel maybe seen the Lake Charles College building, the Baptist church, the Convent, Opera House, and other buildings on the east side. Mr. Escubas and Mr. Norris own each a square or two of land there, and there may be one or two others owning lots, but, with these exceptions, Mr. A. J. Perkins is the sole owner, and owns almost continuously for three miles.