Excelsior, at 317 North Oak Street ( LA 133),

Oak Ridge, Louisiana Oak Ridge is a village in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 124 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The earliest inhabitants of the area were different Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Ame ...

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in northern

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, was built in 1869. The building was listed on the

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on September 7, 1989. The listing included five

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. It was built as a wood frame five bay

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cottage in the hamlet of Oak Ridge, in an open rural setting among delta cotton fields. It was expanded by gable-fronted flanking sections joined by extension of the front gallery floor, each with an Italianate facade. The enlarged building was advertised as the Excelsior Hotel in 1880. wit
three photos and two maps
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Italianate architecture in Louisiana Houses completed in 1869 National Register of Historic Places in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana 1869 establishments in Louisiana Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub

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