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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
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. 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
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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
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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. wit
23 photos and three maps


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in East Bat ...


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