15 Lake Charles & SWLA Stores You’ll Never See Again

Lake Charles, LA [KNGT-FM] - A lot has changed across Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana over the years. New businesses have opened, old buildings have disappeared, and some familiar locations have been transformed into something completely different.

But there are still places around town that can trigger an instant memory. You drive past an old building or an empty lot, and suddenly think, “You know what used to be there?”

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If you grew up in Southwest Louisiana, you probably have a few of those places burned into your memory. Just hearing the name of an old store can take you right back to childhood, when a trip to town with Mom or Dad meant stopping at one of your favorite places.

Some of those stores are long gone, while others disappeared along with the buildings that once housed them. In their place are new businesses, homes, parking lots, and developments.

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It's amazing how quickly a community can change, but the memories of the places that helped shape it tend to stick around.

So, let's take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of the iconic stores that once had a special place in Lake Charles and throughout Southwest Louisiana.

15 Lake Charles & SWLA Stores You’ll Never See Again

• Sears Downtown with the escalators
• Mullers
• Bargers Drug Store
• New Moon Drive-In movie theatre
• K&B Drug Store
• George Theriot's grocery stores
• Eckerd's Drug Stores
• Park & Shop's
• Cash & Carry Grocery Store
• TG&Y
• Abe's Grocery Stores
• Cajun Video
• Calcasieu Marine Bank Tower
• Bookworm's Apple
• Harvest Records -Pictured Below

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I know we are missing a ton, but here are 15 that we came up with that just jarred our memories of the place as soon as we heard the names. Feel free to let us know which ones we forgot and that you remember.