Old Courthouse Museum – Natchitoches
The Old Courthouse Museum – Natchitoches is a former courthouse is located at 600 Second Street Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The museum was formerly operated as a branch of Louisiana State Museum that displayed temporary exhibits of art and local history. It is no longer open to the public as a museum.[1]
The second floor of the building houses the Natchitoches Genealogy Library, which includes historic maps, conveyances, mortgages and books, census records and other genealogical papers. The library is open to the public.
Courthouse architecture
[edit]The courthouse building, built in 1896, designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by the architectural firm of Favrot and Livaudais.[2] A brick clock tower rises above the building.
The brick courthouse is a historic district contributing property in the Natchitoches Historic District, of the Cane River National Heritage Area
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Natchitoches Genealogy Library". Natchitoches.Net. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ "Natchitoches, Louisiana". Retrieved July 25, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Natchitoches Genealogy Library - Visit Natchitoches
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