Baton Rouge City Club
The Baton Rouge City Club, also known as the Old Post Office, is a historic three-story building at 355 North Blvd in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was built in 1895 as a U.S. post office building.
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| Location | 355 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°26′51″N 91°11′14″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] |
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| Added to NRHP | June 9, 1980 |
| Designated CP | November 10, 2009 |
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]
References
- "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2017. with photo and two maps Archived 2018-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- "Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018. with 23 photos and three maps Archived 2018-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to City Club of Baton Rouge at Wikimedia Commons
