United States Post Office and Courthouse–Baton Rouge
Appearance
US Post Office and Courthouse--Baton Rouge | |
Location | 707 Florida Avenue, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°26′59″N 91°10′59″W / 30.44978°N 91.18304°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1932 |
Built by | Fred H. Wagner; Jens Braae Jensen; Algernon Blair |
Architect | Moise H. Goldstein; Office of the Supervising Architect under James A. Wetmore |
Architectural style | Art Deco, Moderne |
NRHP reference No. | 00000500[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 18, 2000 |
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse-Baton Rouge, also known as Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was built in 1932. It includes Art Deco and Moderne architecture. It served historically as a post office, as a courthouse, and as a government office building.[2][3]
It is a limestone-clad three-story building designed by New Orleans architect Moise H. Goldstein, under the supervision of the Office of the Supervising Architect for the U.S. Treasury department in Art Deco style. It has a slightly projected central bay with four engaged, fluted Ionic pilasters.[2][3]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 18, 2000.[1]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
- List of United States post offices
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "U.S. Post Office and Courthouse" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 11, 2017. with photos and a map
- ^ a b Victoria Green Clow (September 1, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: U.S. Post Office and Courthouse". National Park Service. Retrieved May 16, 2018. With 13 photos.
Categories:
- Art Deco courthouses
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Former federal courthouses in the United States
- Government buildings completed in 1932
- Moderne architecture in Louisiana
- Art Deco architecture in Louisiana
- Buildings and structures in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana building and structure stubs