Baton Rouge City Club Explained

Old Post Office
Nrhp Type:indcp
Coordinates:30.4474°N -91.1872°W
Built:1895
Added:June 9, 1980
Area:0.16acres
Refnum:80001718
Partof Refnum:09000899
Designated Nrhp Type:November 10, 2009
Nocat:yes

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.

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.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980. It was also included in the Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District at the time of its creation on November 10, 2009.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Old Post Office / Baton Rouge City Club . State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation . July 27, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180515044053/https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish17/Scans/17035001.pdf . May 15, 2018 . dead . with photo and two maps
  2. 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