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===Modern=== [[Image:Hector Connoly Road - Carencro, Louisiana (2018-01-03) (crop).jpg|thumb|300px|right|Roadside businesses along Hector Connoly Road at [[Interstate 49 in Louisiana|I-49]] Frontage Road.]] Carencro's St. Peter's Catholic Church and cemetery form an artistic centerpiece of the town. St. Peter's Catholic Church has an ornate cypress-carved entrance, altar and narthex, as well as intricate pew end caps. These unique end caps were designed by Catholic Frs. Wassler and Edwards (now both deceased). In one period, the pews were 'sold' to parishioners for their use at worship to raise money for the church. Carencro notables such as former postmaster William J. Broussard and former lumberyard owner Oliver Richard are buried in this cemetery. Carencro's cemetery is above ground, unlike low-lying areas to the east in the [[Atchafalaya Basin]] and areas south of [[Baton Rouge]]. These eschew the ground-level graves of Lafayette (as well as points west and north) for [[mausoleums]] because of the high water table. The City Hall and Fire Station complex, designed by local architect Lynn Guidry, is a modern counterpoint to the traditional Catholic church. It can be seen at the southern turn of Church Street east of U.S. 182.
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