Building at 401 Spring St. in downtown Shreveport, La., Friday, June 21, 2024.
Building at 611 Texas St., center, in downtown Shreveport, La., Friday, June 21, 2024.
Interior of 611 Texas Street, downtown Shreveport, La. As the Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate was putting together this latest story of property purchases a colleague asked, "Are we going to need to rename Shreveport 50-Port or G-Ville?" Unknown, but one thing is certain. While behind in total square feet owned downtown, G-Unit is now neck and neck with only one other owner in terms of number of properties owned.
The latest two include 401 Spring St., on the southeast corner of Travis and Spring Street and 611 Texas St. The building at 401 Spring St.
was constructed around 1912 as the Cavett Carriage Company and became the Goode Cage Drug Company in 1920. Building at 401 Spring St. in downtown Shreveport, La.
, Friday, June 21, 2024. This was where the company became a prosperous regional wholesale druggist, manufacturing Bronchotone, Red River Chill Tonic and Webb’s Stock Powder. In 1932, the company moved manufacturing to another building at 220 Travis but retained 401 Spring as administrative offices.
Goode-Cage would own the building until the company sold to Southwestern Drug in 1962. Over the past 15 years, the building has fallen onto hard times. The roof collapsed leaving only partial floors but historic walls, meaning that it is eligible for historic tax credits.
It had changed hands several times befo.
