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 counties i ...
. 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- 0thcentury Renaissance Revival architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...
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 artistic v ...
on June 9, 1980.
[ It was also included in the ]Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District
Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District is a Historic districts in the United States, historic district in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, located along 3rd Street, from Main Street to North Boulevard.
The district comprises a total of 43 comm ...
at the time of its creation on November 10, 2009.[ wit]
23 photos and three maps
See also
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References
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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
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