Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District Explained

Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District
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Location:	3rd Street between Main Street and North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates:	30.4493°N -91.1883°W
District Map:	Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District, LA.png
Architecture:	Italianate, Classical Revival, Art Deco, International Style
Added:	November 10, 2009
Refnum:	09000899

Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District is a historic district in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, located along 3rd Street, from Main Street to North Boulevard.

The district comprises a total of 43 commercial buildings ranging in dates from c.1860 to mid-1950s. Third street was downtown Baton Rouge main commercial avenue during historic period. Of the 32 contributing properties, six are also individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Despite being located inside the district area, the individually listed Belisle Building is not part of Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District, as its non-historic elements are evaluated as predominant. The building is therefore considered a non-contributing property.^[1]

The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 2009.

Contributing Properties

The historical district contains a total of 32 contributing properties, built between c.1860 and 1957:

• Reymond Building, 263-265 3rd Street, 30.4491°N -91.1885°W, built c.1920.
• Triad Building, 301-307-311 3rd Street, 30.4495°N -91.1885°W, built 1924.
• W. T. Grant Building, 313-315-319 3rd Street, 30.4497°N -91.1885°W, built c.1925.
• Building at 331-333 3rd Street, 30.4498°N -91.1885°W, built c.1920.
• Building at 335 3rd Street, 30.4499°N -91.1885°W, built 1940s.
• Roumain Building, 341-343 3rd Street, 30.45°N -91.1885°W, built 1913. Also individually listed.
• Building at 359 3rd Street, 30.4502°N -91.1885°W, built c.1920. Now hosting Baton Rouge Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
• Brunswick Building, 240 Laurel Street, 30.4502°N -91.1889°W, built c.1905.
• Building at 222 Laurel Street, 30.4502°N -91.1891°W, built c.1905.
• Building at 210 Laurel Street, 30.4502°N -91.1893°W, built c.1955. Demolished between 2015 and 2016.^[2]
• Building at 421-423 3rd Street, 30.4508°N -91.1886°W, built c.1915.
• Kress Building, 447 3rd Street, 30.451°N -91.1886°W, built c.1935. Also individually listed.
• Knox Building, 447 3rd Street, 30.4511°N -91.1885°W, built 1887. Also individually listed.
• Welsh-Levy Building, 447 3rd Street, 30.4512°N -91.1885°W, built 1887. Also individually listed.
• Fidelity Bank, 440 3rd Street, 30.4509°N -91.1881°W, built 1957.
• The Commerce Building, 400 3rd Street and 333 Laurel Street, 30.4506°N -91.188°W, built 1954-55.
• Fuqua Hardware Store Building, 358 3rd Street, 30.4502°N -91.188°W, built 1905. Also individually listed.
• Louisiana Theater, 336 3rd Street, 30.45°N -91.188°W, built 1913.
• Latil's Stationery, 324-326 3rd Street, 30.4498°N -91.188°W, built c.1915.
• Building at 302 3rd Street, 30.4495°N -91.1881°W, built 1940s.
• Louisiana National Bank, 236 3rd Street, 30.4489°N -91.188°W, built between 1908 and 1910.
• Mayer Hotel, 214 3rd Street, 30.4486°N -91.188°W, built between 1908 and 1911.
• Masonic Lodge (St. James Lodge #47, F&AM), 200 3rd Street, 30.4485°N -91.188°W.
• Louisiana National Bank, 150 3rd Street, 30.448°N -91.188°W, built c.1925.
• Building at 136 3rd Street, 30.4478°N -91.188°W, built c.1920.
• Union Bank and Trust Company, 124 3rd Street, 30.4476°N -91.188°W, built c.1925.
• Building at 301-303-307 North Boulevard, 30.4473°N -91.188°W, built c.1860 to c.1870.
• Building at 311 North Boulevard, 30.4474°N -91.1879°W, built c.1915.
• Building at 315 North Boulevard, 30.4474°N -91.1878°W, built c.1915.
• Building at 321 North Boulevard, 30.4474°N -91.1877°W, built c.1915.
• Fraternal Order of Eagles Building, 327 North Boulevard, 30.4474°N -91.1876°W, built c.1925.
• Old Post Office, 355 North Boulevard, 30.4474°N -91.1872°W, built 1894. Also individually listed. Now hosting Baton Rouge City Club.

See also

• Fuqua Hardware Store Building, also included in the historic district
• Knox Building, also included in the historic district
• Kress Building, also included in the historic district
• Old Post Office, also included in the historic district
• Roumain Building, also included in the historic district
• Welsh-Levy Building, also included in the historic district
• National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District. State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. May 8, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222227/https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish17/Scans/17082001.pdf. May 7, 2018. dead. with 23 photos and three maps
2. Compare April 2015 Street View where building is still standing with June 2016 Street View where a construction site has replaced last two buildings at corner with Lafayette Street.