Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/NRIS information issues/Louisiana

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Louisiana historic sites system, and scanned documents issues

Most if not all of Louisiana's NRHP-listed sites have info sheets available from the state now, via Louisiana state historic sites system. Use of this is documented a bit at wp:NRHPhelp#Louisiana. The info sheets appear to be text obtained by optical character recognition processing of scanned sections from original NRHP nomination/registration documents. The authors and dates are omitted. The scanning and OCR in some cases yields nonsensical or seemingly-plausible-but-incorrect statements

• City Hotel (Marthaville, Louisiana)'s scanned NRHP info in a PDF document states that it has "tripped roof", which is not a thing. What is meant is a hipped roof, as borne out by two photos available along with the text document. --doncram 14:47, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Parish location issues

• Marsden Mounds was incorrectly included in Wikipedia's West Carroll Parish list-article until just now switched to Wikipedia's Richland Parish list-article by User:Floridasand. Their identification of Richland Parish is supported by fact that "Marsden site" is shown within Louisiana state historic sites system's results for Richland, not the other. And the Louisiana PDF document for the Marsden site mentions Richland Parish twice in its bibliography, as the site was covered in surveys of Richland Parish archeological sites (and has no mention of West Carroll). In NRIS's 2010a version, "Marsden (16R13)", also known as "LMS 23-K-4", is listed with "nearest city" being Delhi, Louisiana (which is in Richland) but with West Carroll Parish, Louisiana incorrectly listed as its county. --doncram 22:59, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

listing status

• Shepherd Building with date November 11, 1979, at 629 Milam St., Shreveport, Louisiana. Mentioned now in lower table of National Register of Historic Places listings in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The property was entered into the NRHP with listing status code "DR", which stands for"DATE RECEIVED/PENDING NOMINATION", so its status is unclear. (Others with this code turned out to be NRHP-listed a short time later.) --doncram (talk) 18:17, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Property name issues

• Gen. Beauregard Equestrain Statue, in New Orleans, Louisiana, listed in NRIS as "Beauregard, Gen., Equestrain Statue", misspelling Equestrian. doncram (talk) 00:36, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

submitted in batch01:20, reported by NRHP_RT to be fixing in NRIS as of 3/4/2009. doncram (talk) 23:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

• Alice C Planation House — correct "Planation" to "Plantation" per http://www.crt.state.la.us/hp/nhl/document2.asp?name=51024001.pdf&title=Alice+C+Plantation+House, its nomination form. Nyttend (talk) 15:51, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
• Pegram Plantation House may or may not also sometimes be known as "Peagram Plantation House", which is the title of the Louisiana documentation page for it, at http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=1221. The nomination text which it links to uses "Pegram" only. So "Peagram" appears to be a typo in the Louisiana documentation page. --doncram 14:56, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
• Lake Providence Residential Historic District seems to be the proper name for the 1980-listed district, per Louisiana documentation for the Lake Providence Multiple Resource Area, but NRIS lists as "Lake Providence Residential Street Historic District" (with "Street" added, seemingly incorrectly). --doncram 23:18, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
• Lake Providence Commercial Historic District seems to be the proper name for the 1979-listed district, per its documentation, but NRIS has it as "Lake Providence Historic District" (omitting the "Commercial"). --doncram 23:18, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
• Schepis Building, on Main St., Columbia, Louisiana, is listed in NRIS as "Shepis Building". Builder was Schepis, Nicholas John, which NRIS lists as "Shepis, Nicholas John". Refnum = 86000069. Louisiana documentation: "Schepis Building" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. with two photos and two maps. --doncram 01:49, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Town location issues

• Ellis Hoffpauir House, at 210 LeBlanc St. in Estherwood, Louisiana, at 30°10′55″N 92°27′51″W, is identified by NRIS as being in "Etherwood" rather than "Estherwood". doncram (talk) 15:45, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

batch04:13

• Belle Alliance, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana or Assumption Parish, Louisiana, at LA 308, appprox. 4 mi. N of jct. with LA 70 30°3′20″N 91°1′59″W is located near town of Donaldsonville. Town misspelled as "Donaldsonbille" in NRIS. doncram (talk) 17:51, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

batch04:14

• Ledet House, in Raceland, Louisiana, is listed in NRIS as being in "Racland" rather than Raceland. doncram (talk) 07:57, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

batch04:15

• D. W. Voorhies House, 410 Washington St., St. Martinville, Louisiana, refnum 08001011, newly LISTED, 10/16/08, with announcement giving that it is located in incorrect "St. Martinsville" rather than correct St. Martinville. The error may or may not also be reflected in NRIS entry. doncram (talk) 20:04, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

batch04:16

• Ogilvie Hardware Company Building at 217 Jones St. in Shreveport, Louisiana is listed in NRIS as being in "Shrevport"

batch04:17

• Kleinert Terrace Historic District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but listed as in "BatonRouge", should be "Baton Rouge". doncram (talk) 12:55, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

• Beauregard Town Historic District (Boundary Increase), refnum 99001712, is described in NRIS as being located in "Beauregard Town, Louisiana". But it is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as NRIS describes correctly for the original and other increase listings for Beauregard Town Historic District. doncram (talk) 13:44, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

• Robin House and Barn listed in NRIS as being in "Amaudville", in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Amaudville appears to be a typo for Arnaudville, Louisiana, which is in fact the NRIS given location of another NRHP listing in same parish. doncram (talk) 01:40, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

• Alexandre Fontenot fils, or Fontenot, Alexandre, fils House, or something like that, is listed in NRIS as being in Grand Praire, Louisiana. Whatever its name is, it must be in Grand Prairie, instead. Another NRHP, LaFleur House, is in fact listed as being in Grand Prairie, Louisiana. doncram (talk) 01:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Robinson Hall-Louisiana Tech University and Toliver Dining Hall-Louisiana Tech University are both listed in "ruston, Louisiana" — need to capitalise "Ruston". Nyttend (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
• Robin House and Barn in St. Landry Parish is listed in "Amaudville" (A M A U D ville), but the correct name is "Arnaudville" (A R N A U D ville). Nyttend (talk) 17:11, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

• Church of St. Anne (Allen, Louisiana) is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of LA 485 and Blosmoore Road, in vicinity of Allen, Louisiana. Per Google maps, Allen is a hamlet about 3.5 miles away. However NRIS identifies Spanish Lake, Louisiana as the nearest city; Google maps shows a Spanish Lake very very far away. The NRHP registration document does not say the church is in or near Spanish Lake; it merely mentions a Spanish Lake in the title of a source. "Spanish Lake" should be dropped from all mention in NRIS. --doncram 13:37, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

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Demolished but still listed

• New Canal Lighthouse, ref #85003186 was badly damaged by hurricane Katrina It has been taken apart and stored, pending funding for rebuilding. Since it's in New Orleans, on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain, that's possible although given the various needs in Louisiana, it may take a while. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 22:18, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
• Chandeleur Light, on the other hand, was completely destroyed by Katrina. It's reported that there is now 17 feet of water over the site. Since it was off shore in the Gulf, there's no reason to rebuild or restore, so mark this one gone for good. May as well note here that the "nearest city" given is New Orleans. It may be the nearest in Louisiana, but Biloxi, Mississippi is much closer and even in Louisiana Google shows a variety of closer settlements. . . . . Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 22:18, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
• Poplar Chapel AME Church, refnum 89000475, a historic African Methodist Episcopal church in Rayville, Louisiana located on Louisiana Highway 135, is noted in the Louisiana data system as having been destroyed: "Poplar Chapel AME Church DESTROYED".. --doncram 15:57, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Address issues

• Belle Alliance near Donaldsville is listed as being "...appprox. 4 mi. N" — change "appprox" to "approx". Nyttend (talk) 19:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
• Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive #745 in Jefferson is listed as being "...between Betz Ave. and CoolidgeSt." — add a space between "Coolidge" and "St." Nyttend (talk) 19:07, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
• Lake Charles Historic District in Lake Charles is listed as being "Roughly bounded by Iris, Hodges, Lawrence, Kirkman, S. Divission and Louisiana" — correct "Divission" to "Division". Nyttend (talk) 19:23, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
• The Haaswood Store near Pearl River is listed at "62011 US 1091" — 1091 is a Louisiana highway, not a U.S. Route. Nyttend (talk) 17:43, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
• The St. Maurice Methodist Church, listed in 1997 in Winn Parish, Louisiana, is indicated to be at intersection of LA 477 and LA 71; it is in fact at intersection of LA 477 and U.S. Route 71, as reported at Louisiana webpage on it and linked Louisiana NRHP nomination text. --doncram 11:12, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
• Bossier High School (Bearkat Drive) is located on Bearkat Drive, not Bearcat Drive. As confirmed in Google maps, and there is no Bearcat Drive in Bossier City. (This is different than NRHP-listed Bossier High School (Colquitt Street).) --doncram 13:44, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

• Daigle House, also known as Revillon House or La Maison Revillon, in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, is now located at 1021-B South Washington Street in Lafayette. See "Downtown Lafayette: Maison Revillon--1880"., published by Downtown Lafayette. The Louisiana state database and the National Register NRIS listing gives the street address as 1022 South Washington St. (see http://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=376), which seems no longer to be correct. It was perhaps moved a short distance, or the address numbering changed. --doncram 17:08, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Architecture

• First United Methodist Church (Lafayette, Louisiana) (refnum 84001307) is listed in NRIS version 2010a as having "Colonial Revival" architecture, but that is not correct. It has Classical Revival architecture instead. See Louisiana documentation at "First United Methodist Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1984. Retrieved May 9, 2017. with two photos and a map. --doncram 21:48, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Architect

• Kansas City Southern Railroad Bridge, Cross Bayou is listed in NRIS as having architect "John Alexander Law Waddell", but the correct name is John Alexander Low Waddell (need to change "Law" -> "Low"). Louisiana's scanned version of NRHP nomination shows "Low" correctly. --doncram 02:11, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Other

• Bossier High School (Colquitt Street), with refnum 98001079 and located at 322 Colquitt St., Bossier City, Louisiana, was built in 1923 and 1928, not in 1926. (This is different than NRHP-listed Bossier High School (Bearkat Drive).) --doncram 13:35, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

• St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Franklin, Louisiana) has area of .25 acres (0.10 ha), not 25 acres (10 ha) as reported in NRIS2013a.

References

--Doncram (talk) 17:16, 22 March 2019 (UTC)