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==Arcade Theatre==
==Arcade Theatre==
In 2001, then state Representative [[Bryant Hammett]] of Ferriday secured legislation to bring the museum under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana secretary of state, then Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005, a son of former Governor [[John J. McKeithen]]. The museum has been actively promoted by former Secretary of State Jay Dardenne] who secured state funding and regularly appears at the annual Delta Music Festival. The museum is located at 218 Louisiana Avenue, the main street of downtown Ferriday. The museum building was the former post office, built in 1939. It contains the inscription of James Aloysius "Jim" Farley (1888-1976) of [[New York]], the [[Postmaster General]] at the time. The museum is across the street from a Ferriday Garden Club green space and is adjacent to the restored Arcade Theatre.
In 2001, then state Representative [[Bryant Hammett]] of Ferriday secured legislation to bring the museum under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana secretary of state, then Walter Fox McKeithen (1946-2005, a son of former Governor [[John J. McKeithen]]. The museum has been actively promoted by former Secretary of State Jay Dardenne who secured state funding and regularly appears at the annual Delta Music Festival. The museum is located at 218 Louisiana Avenue, the main street of downtown Ferriday. The museum building was the former post office, built in 1939. It contains the inscription of James Aloysius "Jim" Farley (1888-1976) of [[New York]], the [[Postmaster General]] at the time. The museum is across the street from a Ferriday Garden Club green space and is adjacent to the restored Arcade Theatre.
The original Arcade was built in the latter 1920s, burned in the 1950s and was permanently closed in the 1970s. On March 12, 2008, Dardenne presided at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Arcade, along with Mickey Gilley and one of Dardenne's predecessors, former Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], a Ferriday native. That night Dardenne and Gilley joined the group Easy Eddie and the Party Rockers in the maiden performance in the new Arcade. The rebuilt Arcade, which cost $1 million, was funded by Dardenne's office. Prior to the restoration, the building had been a pawn shop. The sign at the Arcade is a replica of the original.<ref>"Arcade Theatre returns to downtown," ''Concordia Sentinel,'' April 2, 2008, p. 5.</ref>
The original Arcade was built in the latter 1920s, burned in the 1950s and was permanently closed in the 1970s. On March 12, 2008, Dardenne presided at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Arcade, along with Mickey Gilley and one of Dardenne's predecessors, former Secretary of State and Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], a Ferriday native. That night Dardenne and Gilley joined the group Easy Eddie and the Party Rockers in the maiden performance in the new Arcade. The rebuilt Arcade, which cost $1 million, was funded by Dardenne's office. Prior to the restoration, the building had been a pawn shop. The sign at the Arcade is a replica of the original.<ref>"Arcade Theatre returns to downtown," ''Concordia Sentinel,'' April 2, 2008, p. 5.</ref>