East Main Street Historic District (New Iberia, Louisiana)

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East Main Street Historic District
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LocationEast Main Street, Lee Street, Ann Street and Philip Street, New Iberia, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°00′06″N91°48′40″W / 30.00154°N 91.81124°W / 30.00154; -91.81124
Area30 acres (12 ha)
NRHP reference No. 83000507 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1983

East Main Street Historic District is a historic district in downtown New Iberia, Louisiana, United States, located along East Main Street from Weeks Street to Philip Street.

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The 30-acre (12 ha) area comprises a total of 71 buildings, of which 57 are considered contributing properties, and 4 are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places as individual properties or contributing properties of Downtown New Iberia Commercial Historic District, one of them (Shadows-on-the-Teche) is also a National Historic Landmark. Building dates vary from 1834 to 1933 and represent the most relevant structures of New Iberia's main residential rue in historic period. [2] [3]

The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1983. [1]

Shadows-on-the-Teche historic house at 317 East Main Street Shadowsontheteche.jpg
Shadows-on-the-Teche historic house at 317 East Main Street
House at 417 East Main Street ChrisLitherlandNewIberia.jpg
House at 417 East Main Street
Steamboat House at 623 East Main Street SteamboatWM.jpg
Steamboat House at 623 East Main Street

Contributing properties

The historical district contains a total of 57 contributing properties, built between 1834 and 1933:

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "East Main Street Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2018. with five photos and two maps Archived May 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
  3. National Register Staff (April 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: East Main Street Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved May 28, 2018. With 91 photos from 1982.