Federal Building | |
Nrhp Type: | indcp |
Coordinates: | 32.5299°N -92.6383°W |
Built: | 1909 |
Architect: | James Knox Taylor |
Added: | October 9, 1974 |
Area: | 0.33acres |
Refnum: | 74000926 |
Partof: | Downtown Ruston Historic District |
Partof Refnum: | 100000598 |
Designated Nrhp Type: | January 31, 2017 |
Nocat: | yes |
The Federal Building, also known as the Old Post Office, is a historic institutional building located at 201 North Vienna Street in Ruston, Louisiana.
Built in 1909 to host Ruston Post Office, the structure is a small one-story rectangular limestone building with a hipped roof featuring circular dormers. The building was vacated about 1961 when a new post office was built, and was then used since 1963 as a federal office building.[1] [2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1974. It was also declared a contributing property of Downtown Ruston Historic District at the time of its creation on .[3]