Ferriday Commercial Historic District

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Ferriday Commercial Historic District
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Historic buildings on 100 block Louisiana Avenue.
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LocationRoughly bounded by South 1st Street, Louisiana Avenue, South 3rd Street and Mickey Gilley Avenue, Ferriday, Louisiana
Coordinates 31°37′46″N91°33′10″W / 31.62933°N 91.55269°W / 31.62933; -91.55269
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No. 94001584 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 1995

The 'Ferriday Commercial Historic District in Ferriday, Louisiana is the historic portion of what was the only surviving commercial center in large but rural Concordia Parish. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1] The district included 21 buildings, all older than 50 years, as contributing buildings. [2] [3]

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The buildings are one- and two-story masonry commercial buildings, within a two block area, and were built between c.1905 and c.1940. [2] [3]

One contributing building is the U.S. Post Office (1939), a one-story brick French Classical Revival building. It has false chimneys and arched windows. Its interior has Works Project Administration murals. [2] [3]

Three of the contributing buildings, the one at 909 South 2nd Street and two adjoining commercial buildings along South 1st Street, are no more existing and disappeared at some time after the district was created .

Contributing properties

The historical district contains a total of 21 contributing properties, built c.1905 to c.1940: [2] [3]

Map this section's coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ferriday Commercial Historic Distr" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1995. Retrieved July 31, 2017. with photos and maps
  3. 1 2 3 4 National Register Staff (November 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ferriday Commercial Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved April 29, 2018. With 18 photos from 1994.

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