| US Post Office and Courthouse--Baton Rouge | |
| Location: | 707 Florida Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Coordinates: | 30.4498°N -91.183°W |
| Built: | 1932 |
| Architect: | Moise H. Goldstein |
| Builder: | Fred H. Wagner; Jens Braae Jensen; Algernon Blair |
| Architecture: | Art Deco, Moderne |
| Added: | May 18, 2000 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 00000500 |
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse-Baton Rouge, also known as Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was built in 1932. It includes Art Deco and Moderne architecture. It served historically as a post office, as a courthouse, and as a government office building.
It is a limestone-clad three-story building designed by New Orleans architect Moise H. Goldstein, under the supervision of the Office of the Supervising Architect for the U.S. Treasury department in Art Deco style. It has a slightly projected central bay with four engaged, fluted Ionic pilasters.[1] [2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 2000.