The Lyons Building is Italianate in style. The flat roof, imposing cornices, and arched windows combine to form one of Leesville’s oldest and most elegant buildings. At the main entrance to the building, you will see the original mosaic tile which still runs throughout the first floor of the building. The building is remembered by many as the location of both the famous “Happy Hour Cafe” and the office of Dr. I. O. Winfree, a dentist who practiced for over 50 years upstairs in this building. In fact, several of the windows on the upper floor still bear Dr. Winfree’s name. In the 1960s the lower floor housed Lenahan’s Department Store. This building, along with the entire row of buildings on the east side of Third Street, between Texas and Courthouse Streets were built by B.H. Lyons. Originally, there was a matching building on the north end of the block, but it, and at least one adjoining building, was destroyed by a fire in the 1920s. At that time, Mr. Lyons replaced them with the buildings that remain to this day. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
115 South 3rd St.
Leesville, LA 71446