SHREVEPORT, LA. — Shriners Children’s Shreveport broke ground Wednesday morning on a new facility, marking the next chapter of its century-long presence in the city.
The two-story, 43,000-square-foot building will be located at the corner of Kings Highway and Samford Avenue, directly across from its current site at 3100 Samford Ave.
The Shreveport location opened in 1922 as the first hospital established in the Shriners Children’s network. The new construction represents the third facility the organization has built in the city over its 104-year history…