Baton Rouge City Club
Old Post Office | |
Location | 355 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°26′51″N 91°11′14″W / 30.44743°N 91.18722°W |
Area | 0.16 acres (0.065 ha) |
Built | 1895 |
Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
Part of | Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District (ID09000899) |
NRHP reference No. | 80001718[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 9, 1980 |
Designated CP | November 10, 2009 |
The Baton Rouge City Club, also known as the Old Post Office, is a historic building at 355 North Blvd in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was built in 1895 as a U.S. post office building.
It is a three-story building. Its NRHP nomination asserts:
The Old Post Office is one of the finest and most pretentious examples of turn-of-the-[20th]-century Renaissance Revival architecture in the state. Few other comparable buildings in Louisiana can boast such a high degree of stylistic sophistication and close adherence to Italian prototypes and such extensive use of terra cotta ornamentation, In its day, its design stood at the forefront of architectural development in the state.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980.[1] It was also included in the Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District at the time of its creation on November 10, 2009.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Old Post Office / Baton Rouge City Club" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 27, 2017. with photo and two maps
- ^ "Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 8, 2018. with 23 photos and three maps
External links
- Media related to City Club of Baton Rouge at Wikimedia Commons
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register
- NRHP in progress
- National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Renaissance Revival architecture in Louisiana
- Buildings and structures completed in 1895
- East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- Post office buildings in Louisiana
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Louisiana
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs