Lake Charles Historic District

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Lake Charles Historic District
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LocationRoughly bounded by Belden Street, Lawrence Street, Kirkman Street, South Division Street, Louisiana Avenue, Iris Street, and Hodges Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°13′42″N93°12′35″W / 30.22821°N 93.20984°W / 30.22821; -93.20984
Area158 acres (64 ha)
Builtc.1880 - 1939
Architect Favrot & Livaudais; Edward F. Neild
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne Revival;Eastlake
NRHP reference No. 90000434 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1990

The Lake Charles Historic District in Lake Charles, Louisiana was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] It is locally designated as the Charpentier Historic District. The NRHP district is roughly bounded by Iris, Hodges, Lawrence, Kirkman, S. Division and Louisiana. [1]

The district includes 281 contributing buildings, dating from c.1880 to 1939, on 158 acres (64 ha), comprising works by architects Favrot & Livaudais and Edward F. Neild. It also includes the 1896-built Church of the Good Shepherd, which was separately listed on the NRHP in 1983. Relevant architectural styles inside the district are Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne Revival and Eastlake. [2] [3]

It was deemed "locally significant in the areas of industry and architecture. It is all that is left to represent the lumber boom prosperity of Lake Charles in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It is architecturally significant as an outstanding collection of historic buildings within the context of southwestern Louisiana. It shares this distinction with two other towns, Crowley and Jennings, and in some respects is superior to both." [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 National Register Staff of Division of Historic Preservation of State of Louisiana (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lake Charles Historic District / Charpentier Historic District (as locally designated)". National Park Service . Retrieved November 13, 2017. With 105 photos from 1989.
  3. 1 2 "Lake Charles Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018. (with five photos and three maps)