Darby House, 102 Main Street, Baldwin, St. Mary Parish, LA
2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Darby Plantation is a classic example of a raised Louisiana cottage of the French Colonial style. It was built around 1815 by Alfred Hennen near the town... More
Darby House, 102 Main Street, Baldwin, St. Mary Parish, LA
2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Darby Plantation is a classic example of a raised Louisiana cottage of the French Colonial style. It was built around 1815 by Alfred Hennen near the town... More
Barbarra Plantation (Garconniere), Saint Rose, St. Charles Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS LA-18-12 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
Barbarra Plantation (Garconniere), Saint Rose, St. Charles Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS LA-18-12 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Brick Barn, 1821 Academy Road, Grand Cote...
2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Academy of the Sacred Heart was established in 1821. It has been in continual use as a school for girls for 186 years. The school is one of twenty school ... More
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Brick Barn, 1821 Academy Road, Grand Cote...
2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Academy of the Sacred Heart was established in 1821. It has been in continual use as a school for girls for 186 years. The school is one of twenty school ... More
Jean Charles Germain Bergeron House, State Highway 308 near Labadievil...
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Otis Hall, 1828 Calhoun Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Significance: The dwelling located at No. 1828 Calhoun Street is a contributing element to the Uptown New Orleans Historic District, a 750 block area listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ... More
Lemee House, 310 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, ...
Drawings include unnumbered cover sheet. Significance: Wall construction: Brick front stuccoed, sides painted white. Size and form: 48'0" x 46'1 1/3"; lower story and unfinished attic; one former on front and ... More
Lemee House, 310 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, ...
Drawings include unnumbered cover sheet. Significance: Wall construction: Brick front stuccoed, sides painted white. Size and form: 48'0" x 46'1 1/3"; lower story and unfinished attic; one former on front and ... More
Lemee House, 310 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, ...
Drawings include unnumbered cover sheet. Significance: Wall construction: Brick front stuccoed, sides painted white. Size and form: 48'0" x 46'1 1/3"; lower story and unfinished attic; one former on front and ... More
Woodland Plantation, Great House, State Route 23, West Pointe A La Hac...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1260-A
Badin-Roque House, State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA
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Lafayette Hardware, 121 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette, Lafayette Pa...
2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Lafayette Hardware is an excellent commercial typology example of the late nineteenth century. It is a two-story building that retains much of its Italianate ... More
Lafayette Hardware, 121 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette, Lafayette Pa...
2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Lafayette Hardware is an excellent commercial typology example of the late nineteenth century. It is a two-story building that retains much of its Italianate ... More
Cinclare Sugar Mill, Carriage House, State Highway 1, Brusly, West Bat...
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Bruton Parish Church, 201 Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg, Wil...
Significance: The church was begun in 17112 to a design provided by Governor Alexander Spottswood. The nave was lengthened to the east in 1752, and the steeple was added in 1769. This is the church, in contin... More
Bank of Cloutierville, Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish...
Survey number: HABS LA-1313 Building/structure dates: 1819 Initial Construction
Northwestern State University, Women's Gymnasium, U.S. Highway 6, Natc...
1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Northwestern State University Women's Gymnasium, 1923, is a three story brick Jacobean Revival building located on the edge of the university campus. The... More
Nolan House, Dubach, Lincoln Parish, LA
1991 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Nolan House was constructed circa 1840 in the hills of Claiborne Parish. The pens of the dogtrot were constructed of hewn logs with half dovetail notches... More
Melrose Plantation, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, L...
Significance: The plantation is important for its association with early Black American history. It was established by a well-to-do black woman named Marie Therese Coin-Coin. She was a slave for most of her l... More
St. Elizabeth's Orphanage, 1314 Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans ...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N367 Survey number: HABS LA-1266
First Parish Church, Town Green, Thayer Drive, Lancaster, Worcester Co...
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Louis Lanoix House, 514-516-518 Toulouse Street, New Orleans, Orleans ...
Significance: The significance of this residential structure lies not only in the fact that it is one of the older houses in the Vieux Carre, but also in the existence of a distinctive entresol floor. The entr... More
Louis Lanoix House, 514-516-518 Toulouse Street, New Orleans, Orleans ...
Significance: The significance of this residential structure lies not only in the fact that it is one of the older houses in the Vieux Carre, but also in the existence of a distinctive entresol floor. The entr... More
Cane River National Heritage Area, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, ...
Miscellaneous subjects throughout the Heritage Area. Significance: Creole architecture is an assemblage of architectural traditions from Europe, Africa, and Native America. These building practices and construc... More
Enterprise Plantation, 3119 Enterprise Drive, Jeanerette, Iberia Paris...
Significance: Enterprise Plantation is located in Iberia Parish, between New Iberia and Jeanerette, in Patoutville, Louisiana. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Enterprise Pla... More
Enterprise Plantation, 3119 Enterprise Drive, Jeanerette, Iberia Paris...
Significance: Enterprise Plantation is located in Iberia Parish, between New Iberia and Jeanerette, in Patoutville, Louisiana. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Enterprise Pla... More
Melrose Plantation, Ghana House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoc...
2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Yucca Plantation, known since 1885 as Melrose Plantation, was established in the last quarter of the 18th century by a remarkable family of freed slave... More
Planter's Cabin, 7815 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Par...
Significance: This building, known locally as the "planter's cabin," is one of the few surviving examples of an indigenous type of Louisiana architecture in the Parish of East Baton Rouge. With cypress and bou... More
Sawmill Town of Elizabeth, Company Hospital, Elizabeth, Allen Parish, ...
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1262-A
Beauregard House, 1113 Chartres Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
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Beauregard House, 1113 Chartres Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
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Beauregard House, 1113 Chartres Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
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Beauregard House, 1113 Chartres Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
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Prudhomme-Rouquier House, 446 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchito...
2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Prudhomme-Rouquier House, built in the early 19th century and located in the heart of the National Historic Landmark District of Natchitoches, Louisiana, ... More
Prudhomme-Rouquier House, 446 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchito...
2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Prudhomme-Rouquier House, built in the early 19th century and located in the heart of the National Historic Landmark District of Natchitoches, Louisiana, ... More
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, Tomb of Young Ladies Association of St. Jose...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1166 Survey number: HABS LA-1309-I National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 75000855
Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
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Marine Hospital, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
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Oakland Plantation, Cook's House, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Par...
Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Cook's House was originally located near the main house. Later on, at the tur... More
Colonial Sugars Company, Power House, Gramercy, St. James Parish, LA
1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White in 1929, the POWER HOUSE features handsome neo-classical articulation with a rusticated base and two story piano... More
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rectory, 145 Church Street, Natch...
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Clinton Courthouse, Saint Helena Street, Clinton, East Feliciana Paris...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15, FN-16 Survey number: HABS LA-30 Building/structure dates: 1841 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74002249
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Chapel, 1821 Academy Road, Grand Coteau, ...
2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Constructed in 1851, the chapel served as the religious center for the oldest continuously operating educational institution west of the Mississip... More
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Chapel, 1821 Academy Road, Grand Coteau, ...
2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Constructed in 1851, the chapel served as the religious center for the oldest continuously operating educational institution west of the Mississip... More
Louisiana State Museum Buildings, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-6 Survey number: HABS LA-18-10 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction
Lombard Manor House, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-117 Survey number: HABS LA-1197 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More
U.S. Branch Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
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U.S. Branch Mint, 400 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...
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Motorized Sailing Vessel "Fox", Beached on East Bank ofBayou Lafourche...
Significance: The M/V Fox represents an antique, possibly unique, and heretofore undocumented vessel form, and may constitute the sole survivor of an extinct South Louisiana vernacular vessel form. Unprocessed... More
Oakland Plantation, Slave Quarter, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Pa...
Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: This Slave Quarter Building is one of two extant quarters at Oakland Plantation. ... More
Oakland Plantation, Slave Quarter, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Pa...
Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: This Slave Quarter Building is one of two extant quarters at Oakland Plantation. ... More
Oakland Plantation, Slave Quarter, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Pa...
Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: This Slave Quarter Building is one of two extant quarters at Oakland Plantation. ... More
Town of Fisher, Commissary, U.S. Highway 171, Fisher, Sabine Parish, L...
1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1251-A
Saint Joseph Plantation, Overseer's House, 3421 State Route 18, Vacher...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1268-B
Saint Joseph Plantation, Overseer's House, 3421 State Route 18, Vacher...
1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1268-B
Bosque House, 617-619 Chartres Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS LA-81 Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Subsequent Work
Bosque House, 617-619 Chartres Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS LA-81 Building/structure dates: ca. 1860 Subsequent Work
Roubieu-Jones House, 374 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchit...
Significance: The Roubieu-Jones House is the oldest extant full-story raised Creole plantation home in Natchitoches, Parish. In addition, Carroll Jones, a former slave and later member of the Creole community,... More
First Skyscraper, 638 Royal Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS LA-21 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
Sindos-Latorre-Boucvalt House, 1025 Saint Louis Street, New Orleans, O...
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The site at 1025 St. Louis Street, near North Rampart Street and the Faubourg Treme, was owned during the early years of New Orleans history by free pe... More
Olivier Plantation, Plantation Store, LA Highway 83, Lydia, Iberia Par...
2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Although many plantation stores survive in Louisiana, the Olivier Plantation Store is significant due to several uncommon architectural features. As hi... More
Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Stree...
Significance: This passenger station is closely related to the history of Alexandria's growth as a commercial, religious and transportation center. A discussion of this phenomenon is, thus, necessary. Survey ... More
Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Stree...
Significance: This passenger station is closely related to the history of Alexandria's growth as a commercial, religious and transportation center. A discussion of this phenomenon is, thus, necessary. Survey ... More
Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Stree...
Significance: This passenger station is closely related to the history of Alexandria's growth as a commercial, religious and transportation center. A discussion of this phenomenon is, thus, necessary. Survey ... More
Michel-Pitot House, 1370 Moss Street (moved to 1440 Moss Street), New ...
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St. Matthew Baptist Church, Louisiana State Highway 119, Melrose, Natc...
Survey number: HABS LA-1340 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Claiborne Guest House, 801 Second Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoc...
Survey number: HABS LA-1335 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...
Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More
Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, ...
Significance: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School located at 2300 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, exemplified International Style educational buildings in the state of Louisiana. Built between 1953 and 1955, th... More
First Parish Church (Unitarian), Northwest corner of U.S. Route 1 & St...
Significance: First built in 1749-30, this structure is the product of major modifications in 1803 and 1838. It was first cut in two and enlarged by moving the back section 28 feet away. In 1838 the galleries w... More
Labatut Plantation, 4 miles North of New Roads on River Road Facing Mi...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Labatut Plantation is located in Pointe Coupee Parish, four miles outside of New Roads, Louisiana. It faces the river road just in front of the Mississippi R... More
Labatut Plantation, 4 miles North of New Roads on River Road Facing Mi...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Labatut Plantation is located in Pointe Coupee Parish, four miles outside of New Roads, Louisiana. It faces the river road just in front of the Mississippi R... More
Gaudet House, Chestnut & Josephine Streets, New Orleans, Orleans Paris...
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Gaudet House, Chestnut & Josephine Streets, New Orleans, Orleans Paris...
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Salt Mine Village, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-78 Survey number: HABS LA-1220
Burnside Plantation, State Highway 1, Burnside, Ascension Parish, LA
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Briarwood: The Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, 216 Caroline Dormon Ro...
Significance: Briarwood, now the site of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, was originally a tract of land belonging to the Dormon family. Caroline Dormon (1888-1971), noted conservationist, horticulturalist,... More
Briarwood: The Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, 216 Caroline Dormon Ro...
Significance: Briarwood, now the site of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, was originally a tract of land belonging to the Dormon family. Caroline Dormon (1888-1971), noted conservationist, horticulturalist,... More
Briarwood: The Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, 216 Caroline Dormon Ro...
Significance: Briarwood, now the site of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, was originally a tract of land belonging to the Dormon family. Caroline Dormon (1888-1971), noted conservationist, horticulturalist,... More
Briarwood: The Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, 216 Caroline Dormon Ro...
Significance: Briarwood, now the site of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, was originally a tract of land belonging to the Dormon family. Caroline Dormon (1888-1971), noted conservationist, horticulturalist,... More
Briarwood: The Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, 216 Caroline Dormon Ro...
Significance: Briarwood, now the site of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, was originally a tract of land belonging to the Dormon family. Caroline Dormon (1888-1971), noted conservationist, horticulturalist,... More
Briarwood: The Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, 216 Caroline Dormon Ro...
Significance: Briarwood, now the site of the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, was originally a tract of land belonging to the Dormon family. Caroline Dormon (1888-1971), noted conservationist, horticulturalist,... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SUMAC, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Bas...
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SUMAC, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Bas...
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE SUMAC, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Bas...
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Glendale Plantation, Lucy, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA
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Glendale Plantation, Lucy, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA
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Church of the Immaculate Conception, 145 Church Street, Natchitoches, ...
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Church of the Immaculate Conception, 145 Church Street, Natchitoches, ...
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Church of the Immaculate Conception, 145 Church Street, Natchitoches, ...
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Blum House, 630 Louisiana Avenue, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish...
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Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...
Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More
Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...
Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More
Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...
Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More
Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, abo...
Significance: The Piece-Sur-Piece Building was a one-room plantation outbuilding, which was built with slave labor and probably used for slave housing. The building's "piece-sur-piece" construction type was pro... More
Texas & Pacific Railway Depot, Seventh Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoc...
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