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

Broussard, Louisiana Broussard is a city in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 8,197 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 13,417 at the 2020 United States census. Broussard is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical ar ...

. Built c.1890 by Francois Janin, the structure is an

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

style one-and-a-half story frame commercial building. The store was run by Janin family until late 1960s. wit
14 photos and three maps
. (See als
scanned text
.) The building was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

on March 14, 1983. It is one of 10 individually NRHP-listed properties in the "Broussard Multiple Resource Area", which also includes: * Alesia House * Billeaud House * Martial Billeaud Jr. House * Valsin Broussard House * Comeaux House * Ducrest Building *

Roy-LeBlanc House The Roy-LeBlanc House is a historic house located at 105 South St. Pierre Street in Broussard, Louisiana. Built in 1886 by Joseph Arthur Roy for his wife Cornelia Bailey, the house is a frame one-and-a-half story Italianate house with two front ...

* St. Cecilia School * St. Julien House * Main Street Historic District

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Italianate architecture in Louisiana Commercial buildings completed in 1890 Lafayette Parish, Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub

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