Janin Store Explained

Janin Store
Coordinates:	30.1497°N -91.9636°W
Built:	c.1890
Builder:	Francois Janin
Added:	March 14, 1983
Mpsub:	Broussard MRA
Refnum:	83000521

Janin Store, also known as the Old Janin Store, is a historic commercial building located at 123 North Morgan Avenue in Broussard, Louisiana, United States.

Built c.1890 by Francois Janin, the structure is an Italianate style one-and-a-half story frame commercial building. The store was run by the Janin family until late 1960s.^[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1983.

It is one of 10 individually NRHP-listed properties in the "Broussard Multiple Resource Area",^[1] which also includes:

• Alesia House
• Billeaud House
  • • • Martial Billeaud Jr. House Valsin Broussard House Comeaux House Ducrest Building

• • • • Roy-LeBlanc House St. Cecilia School St. Julien House Main Street Historic District

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Broussard Multiple Resource Area . State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation . National Register staff, Division of Historic Preservation, State of Louisiana . October 1982 . November 1, 2017 . with 14 photos and three maps . (See also scanned text .)