United States Post Office and Courthouse–Baton Rouge

United States historic place


US Post Office and Courthouse--Baton Rouge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Post Office and Court House,
30°26′59″N 91°10′59″W / 30.44978°N 91.18304°W / 30.44978; -91.18304
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]

References

^ ^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.

City of Baton Rouge

History

Areas

Scotlandville

Education

Secondary(*)	East Baton Rouge PSS Baton Rouge Magnet HS Belaire HS Broadmoor HS Capitol HS EBR Lab Academy Glen Oaks HS Istrouma HS Liberty Magnet HS McKinley HS Scotlandville HS Tara HS School for the Deaf School for the Visually Impaired LSU Lab Mentorship Academy of Digital Arts Southern U. Lab Catholic HS Episcopal HS Parkview Baptist HS St. Joseph's Academy Closed Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School Redemptorist HS
Colleges/universities	Louisiana State University (See template) Southern University (See template) Our Lady of the Lake College Louisiana Culinary Institute Baton Rouge Community College
Libraries	State Library of Louisiana Louisiana State Archive and Research Library East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Points of interest(**)

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(*) Some schools are in unincorporated areas outside of the city limits, including Woodlawn HS and St. Michael HS
(**) Includes landmarks not owned by/a part of Louisiana State University nor Southern University, nor those elsewhere categorized

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