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Plamoor Ballroom, 1053 Texas Street, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA

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2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place

Significance: The Plamoor Ballroom (c. 1915) at 1053 Texas Avenue is a two-story masonry structure situated in a multiblock long commercial strip southwest of the central business district in Shreveport, Louisiana. The commercial strip and adjacent neighborhood is currently within the Ledbetter Heights (St. Paul's Bottoms) Historic District, a late 19th early 20th century working class African American neighborhood comprised of almost 900 buildings. The commercial strip, known by locals as "The Avenue," was the African American central business district of Shreveport and thrived from the 1920's through the 1940's. ... The building's true significance lies not in the physical realm, but rather in its connection to the early to mid 20th century African American culture in Shreveport. The ballroom is adjacent to and presently owned by Antioch Baptist Church, Shreveport's oldest black church building and its oldest black congregation. The church structure, designed by N.S. Allen in 1901, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The church plans to renovate the Ballroom as a community center with some single room occupancy housing to serve the Ledbetter Heights neighborhood.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N982

Survey number: HABS LA-1324

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 84000033

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dance halls caddo parish plamoor ballroom plamoor ballroom texas texas street shreveport caddo parish antioch baptist church jason bethany david beverly guy w carwile laura erdely historic american buildings survey chris jackson travis jore brent knox david leblanc school of architecture louisiana tech university zach moss photo historic american landscapes survey historic american engineering record race relations african americans st paul saint paul architecture american architecture church architecture baptist church landscape plans library of congress architectural diagrams architectural plan national register of historic places
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1901
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Antioch Baptist Church
Carwile, Guy W, faculty sponsor
Bethany, Jason, field team
Beverly, David, field team
Erdely, Laura, field team
Jackson, Chris, field team
Jore, Travis, field team
Knox, Brent, field team
LeBlanc, David, field team
Moss, Zach, field team
Louisiana Tech University, School of Architecture, sponsor
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caddo parish ,  32.51080, -93.75251
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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