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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 Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of count ...
. 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-
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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. wit
photo and two maps
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 artist ...
on June 9, 1980. It was also included in the
Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District is a historic district in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, located along 3rd Street, from Main Street to North Boulevard. The district comprises a total of 43 commercial buildings ranging in dates from c. ...
at the time of its creation on November 10, 2009. wit
23 photos and three maps


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana


References


External links

* National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Renaissance Revival architecture in Louisiana Buildings and structures completed in 1895 East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Post office buildings in Louisiana Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub