Iberville Parish Courthouse, 209 Main Street, Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, LA
Summary
1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: The Plaquemine City Hall is set behind the Bayou Plaquemine levee in the business district of Plaquemine. The building is five bays wide with a central attenuated pedimented portico of Doric columns. The building was constructed in 1848 when the police jury purchased the site. The project is significant in that it is the only fully developed Greek Revival structure in Plaquemine's central business district.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-127
Survey number: HABS LA-1208
Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Pitts, J Michael, project manager
Louisiana State University, School of Architecture, sponsor
Location
Plaquemine (La.), 30.29084, -91.23702
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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