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The mission of the Pink House Heritage Cultural Center is to preserve and share the rich history of Monroe’s Black community, honor the legacy of our ancestors, and nurture creativity, healing, and connection.
About the Pink House
The Pink House will be a hub where history is lived, stories are celebrated, and community is built. Through an ancestry research & media lab, galleries, co-working and gathering spaces, it will foster learning, remembrance, and collective empowerment for the community across generations.
The historic Bright-Lamkin-Easterling property, future home of the Pink House Heritage Cultural Center located in Monroe, Louisiana is an architecturally significant 1890 Queen Anne Eastlake Revival home and servant’s cottage in urgent need of rehabilitation after 20 years of vacancy.
It is now under the care of Selina Lewis, a descendant of Fannie Ford, a Black domestic worker who lived and worked at the property for nearly 70 years, for the Lamkin and the Lamkin-Easterling families beginning in 1910.
The initial project preserves a historically significant home that would otherwise face irreversible deterioration and loss. By restoring the structure and recentering its narrative to honor Selina’s Great Great Aunt Fannie and the broader Black history of Monroe, and Northeast Louisiana, the project safeguards both a physical asset and the cultural legacy it holds.
The Pink House will support local vitality by attracting visitors, hosting artists, historians, and genealogists in residence, providing space for community groups to gather and providing workspace for local professionals. The activation of this currently underutilized site will contribute to increased neighborhood pride, improved perceptions of safety, and momentum for further economic investment.
Estimated capital costs for the full project are $1.5-$2 million.
2026 fundraising goal: $300,000
2027 fundraising goal: $750,000
2028 fundraising goal: $750,000
