Modern Attractions
New Roads hosts the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana outside New Orleans each Shrove Tuesday. The town's first recorded Mardi Gras ball was staged in 1881 and its first-known parade rolled in 1897. Today, as many as 80,000 people converge on the hospitable Creole town for family-friendly parades. Unlike the exclusivity of krewe parades in New Orleans and elsewhere, New Roads' parades are civic events, open to public participation. The Community Center Carnival parade, founded in 1922 and the state's oldest outside New Orleans, rolls at 11 a.m. The New Roads Lions Carnival parade, founded in 1941 and which is staged as a charitable fundraiser, rolls at 1:30 p.m. Each consists of as many as 30 floats built and manned by local schools, churches, clubs, businesses and families, as well as eight-ten marching bands and drill units.
New Roads' narrow, tree-lined streets include outstanding examples of 19th century Creole and Victorian architecture. Particularly Main Street, Poydras Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and North Carolina Avenue. Tourist attractions include Satterfield's Riverwalk and Restaurant, the Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse and Gen. John Archer LeJeune Monument, St. Mary's Catholic Church and Cemetery, the Julien Poydras Monument and Museum (old Poydras High School, Morrison Parkway located next to False River, numerous fine dining and shopping opportunities as well as beautiful views and boating on False River.
Many historical Creole plantation homes dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries line False River, including Parlange, River Lake, North Bend, Mon Coeur, Austerlitz, Pleasant View, among others.
Over the last decade, new upscale subdivisions and retail establishments have been built along False River Drive between the area known as "Millionaire Row" near Oscar, Louisiana and New Roads.
The city is home to Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee, Catholic Elementary of Pointe Coupee and False River Academy. There are also two former high schools located in New Roads: Poydras High School and Rosenwald High School (formerly New Roads High School).
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