List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana

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This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana, of which there are 53.

The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.^[1]

The state of Louisiana is home to 53 of these landmarks, spanning a range of history from early to modern times.

Cross-reference lists of state historic sites and of national historic sites and other National Park Service areas are included further below.

Contents 1 NHLs in Louisiana 2 Other sites 3 State Historic Sites in Louisiana 4 National Park Service Areas in Louisiana 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] NHLs in Louisiana

[2]	Landmark name[3]	Image	Date designated[3]	Locality[3][4]	Parish[3]	Description[5]
1	Acadian House	image pending	30 May 1974	St. Martinville 30°08′11″N 91°49′30″W / 30.1364233174, -91.8249965545 (Acadian House)	St. Martin	Acadian house.
2	The Cabildo		09 Oct 1960	New Orleans 29°57′27″N 90°03′50″W / 29.957449, -90.063828 (Cabildo, The)	Orleans	Building located on Jackson Square.
3	George Washington Cable House		29 Dec 1962	New Orleans 29°55′35″N 90°05′13″W / 29.926405, -90.086825 (Cable, George Washington, House)	Orleans	Garden District cottage home of author George Washington Cable.
4	Kate Chopin House		19 Apr 1993	Cloutierville 31°32′20″N 92°55′02″W / 31.5388903442, -92.917092447 (Chopin, Kate, House)	Natchitoches	Home of Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, source for her writings on bayou life.
5	Courthouse and Lawyers' Row		30 May 1974	Clinton	East Feliciana
6	Delta Queen (river steamboat)		29 Jun 1989	New Orleans 29°55′57″N 90°03′39″W / 29.9325528924, -90.0608358546 (Delta Queen (steamboat))	Orleans	River steamboat.
7	Deluge (firefighting tug)		30 Jun 1989	New Orleans 29°57′15″N 90°03′18″W / 29.9541094763, -90.0548677712 (Deluge)	Orleans
8	James H. Dillard House		02 Dec 1974	New Orleans 29°56′10″N 90°07′36″W / 29.936071, -90.126598 (Dillard, James H., House)	Orleans
9	Evergreen Plantation	image pending	27 Apr 1992	Wallace	St. John the Baptist	Plantation
10	Fort De La Boulaye Site	image pending	09 Oct 1960	Phoenix	Plaquemines	NRHP 66000378. Site of French fort built in 1700 to take possession of the Mississippi.
11	Fort Jackson		19 Dec 1960	Triumph	Plaquemines
12	Fort Jesup	image pending	04 Jul 1961	Many	Sabine
13	Fort St. Philip		19 Dec 1960	Triumph	Plaquemines
14	Gallier Hall		30 May 1974	New Orleans 29°56′56″N 90°04′15″W / 29.948854, -90.070820 (Gallier Hall)	Orleans	Designed by James Gallier, Sr..
15	Gallier House		30 May 1974	New Orleans 29°57′41″N 90°03′42″W / 29.961457, -90.061583 (Gallier House)	Orleans	Beautifully restored home designed by James Gallier, Jr.
16	Garden District, New Orleans		30 May 1974	New Orleans	Orleans
17	Mayor Girod House Napoleon House		15 Apr 1970	New Orleans 29°57′21″N 90°03′55″W / 29.955886, -90.065179 (Girod, Nicholas, House)	Orleans	Home of Mayor Girod.
18	Hermann-Grima House	image pending	30 May 1974	New Orleans 29°57′26″N 90°04′03″W / 29.957307, -90.067484 (Hermann-grima House)	Orleans
19	Homeplace Plantation House		15 Apr 1970	Hahnville	St. Charles
20	Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana		09 Oct 1960	New Orleans 29°57′20″N 90°03′47″W / 29.9556451958, -90.0630561375 (Jackson Square)	Orleans
21	U.S.S. Kidd (DD-661)		14 Jan 1986	Baton Rouge 30°26′33″N 91°11′30″W / 30.4424259628, -91.1917173417 (U.s.s. Kidd)	East Baton Rouge
22	Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop		15 Apr 1970	New Orleans 29°57′38″N 90°03′50″W / 29.960591, -90.063885 (Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop)	Orleans
23	Longue Vue House and Gardens		05 Apr 2005	New Orleans	Orleans
24	Los Adaes		23 Jun 1986	Robeline	Natchitoches	Los Adaes was the capitol of Tejas on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1729 to 1770. It included a mission, San Miguel de los Adaes and a presidio, Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of Pilar of the Adaes).
25	Louisiana State Bank Building		04 May 1983	New Orleans 29°57′22″N 90°03′59″W / 29.956014, -90.066466 (Louisiana State Bank Building)	Orleans
26	Louisiana State Capitol		17 Dec 1982	Baton Rouge	East Baton Rouge
27	Madame John's Legacy		15 Apr 1970	New Orleans 29°57′34″N 90°03′46″W / 29.959332, -90.062902 (Madame John's Legacy)	Orleans	Building which got its name from a story by George Washington Cable.
28	Madewood Plantation House	image pending	04 May 1983	Napoleonville	Assumption
29	Magnolia Plantation (Derry, Louisiana)		03 Jan 2001	Derry	Natchitoches
30	Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site	image pending	19 Jul 1964	Marksville	Avoyelles	Archeological type site for Marksville Culture.
31	Natchitoches Historic District		16 Apr 1984	Natchitoches	Natchitoches	Nachtitoches was the first permanent settlement founded by the French in Louisiana.
32	New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building		22 Dec 1977	New Orleans 29°57′09″N 90°04′16″W / 29.952394, -90.071001 (New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building)	Orleans
33	Oak Alley Plantation		02 Dec 1974	Vacherie	St. James
34	Oakland Plantation (Natchez, Louisiana)		03 Jan 2001	Natchez	Natchitoches
35	Old Louisiana State Capitol		30 May 1973	Baton Rouge 30°26′42″N 91°11′19″W / 30.4450262151, -91.1886080432 (Old Louisiana State Capitol)	East Baton Rouge	Innovatively designed by architect James Dakin, it is "Castellated Gothic".
36	Parlange Plantation House		30 May 1974	Mix	Pointe Coupee
37	Pontalba Buildings		30 May 1974	New Orleans 29°57′27″N 90°03′44″W / 29.957580, -90.062145 (Pontalba Buildings)	Orleans
38	Port Hudson National Cemetery		30 May 1974	Port Hudson	East Feliciana	American Civil War battleground, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. (Is it the cemetery or Port Hudson that is the NHL? NHL list does not use cemetery in name.)
39	Poverty Point		15 Apr 1970	Delhi	West Carroll	NRHP 66000382. Poverty Point - Delhi
40	The Presbytere		15 Apr 1970	New Orleans 29°57′28″N 90°03′48″W / 29.957830, -90.063450 (Presbytere, The)	Orleans	Building located on Jackson Square.
41	Rosedown Plantation		05 Apr 2005	St. Francisville	West Feliciana
42	Saint Alphonsus Church		19 Jun 1996	New Orleans	Orleans
43	St. Mary's Assumption Church		30 May 1974	New Orleans 29°55′48″N 90°04′28″W / 29.929888, -90.074293 (St. Mary's Assumption Church)	Orleans
44	St. Patrick's Church		30 May 1970	New Orleans 29°56′48″N 90°04′13″W / 29.946631, -90.070137 (St. Patrick's Church)	Orleans
45	San Francisco Plantation House	image pending	30 May 1970	Reserve 30°02′51″N 90°36′20″W / 30.0475350796, -90.605547603 (San Francisco Plantation House)	St. John the Baptist
46	Shadows-on-the-Teche		30 May 1970	New Iberia 30°00′09″N 91°48′54″W / 30.0025412971, -91.814996885 (Shadows-on-the-teche)	Iberia
47	Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station		17 Dec 1982	Shreveport 32°30′57″N 93°45′25″W / 32.5156823128, -93.7569948027 (Shreveport Water Works Company, Pump Station)	Caddo	An engineering landmark.
48	U.S. Customhouse (New Orleans)		02 Dec 1974	New Orleans 29°57′05″N 90°03′59″W / 29.951414, -90.066254 (U.s. Customhouse)	Orleans
49	United States Mint, New Orleans Branch		15 May 1975	New Orleans 29°57′41″N 90°03′26″W / 29.961436, -90.057266 (U.S. Mint, New Orleans Branch)	Orleans
50	Ursuline Convent		09 Oct 1960	New Orleans 29°57′39″N 90°03′39″W / 29.960753, -90.060813 (Old Ursuline Convent)	Orleans	An Ursuline convent
51	Vieux Carre Historic District		21 Dec 1965	New Orleans	Orleans	The French Quarter.
52	Edward Douglass White House	image pending	08 Dec 1976	Thibodaux	Lafourche	Home of Edward Douglass White.
53	Yucca Plantation Melrose Plantation		30 May 1974	Melrose 31°05′16″N 92°58′03″W / 31.087710696, -92.967560848 (Melrose (Yucca) Plantation)	Natchitoches	Black businesswoman Marie Therese Coin Coin created this plantation, includes perhaps the first black for black designed buildings in the United States.

[edit] Other sites

The following are former NHLs or sites that may be included in NHLs above, to be edited.

	Landmark name[3]	Image	Year listed[3]	Locality[3][4]	Parish[3]	Description[5]
991	U.S.S. Cabot (CVL-28)		1990	New Orleans 29°55′16″N 90°04′12″W / 29.920988226, -90.0700279425 (USS Cabot (cvl-28))	Orleans	NRHP 90000334. Was declared an NHL in 1990 but was scrapped and delisted, is not an NHL any longer.
992	East Feliciana Parish Courthouse	image pending	1973	Clinton 30°51′51″N 91°01′06″W / 30.8642581436, -91.0182014028 (East Feliciana Parish Courthouse)	East Feliciana	NRHP 73002232. Not an NHL on its own? Part of Port Hudson Battlefield?
993	East Main Street Historic District	image pending	1983	New Iberia	Iberia	NRHP 83000507. Not an NHL on its own?
994	Upper Central Business District	image pending	1990	New Orleans	Orleans	NRHP 90001231. Not an NHL on its own?

[edit] State Historic Sites in Louisiana

To be added.

[edit] National Park Service Areas in Louisiana

National historic sites and other National Park Service areas in Louisiana are:

• Cane River Creole National Historical Park
• Chalmette National Cemetery
• El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
• Fort Scott National Historic Site
• Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
• New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
• Poverty Point National Monument
• Vicksburg National Military Park (also in Mississippi)

Poverty Point National Monument is listed as a National Park Service area although title for the site has not been transferred from Louisiana to the federal government. Otherwise, excepting the El Camino Real de los Tejas trail, these are Federally owned sites and enjoy higher protection than most National Historic Landmarks.

[edit] References

1. ^ National Park Service. National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers. Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
2. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate the National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Historic Landmark Districts and other higher designations from other NHL buildings, structures, sites or objects.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} National Park Service (April 2007), National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State, <http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST07.pdf>. Retrieved on 20 May 2007 
4. ^ ^{a b} National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
5. ^ ^{a b} National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database. Retrieved on various dates.

[edit] See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks by state
• List of Registered Historic Places in Louisiana
• Historic preservation
• National Register of Historic Places
• History of Louisiana

[edit] External links

Map of all coordinates
Export points of interest as KML
Export microformated coordinates as GeoRSS
Map of microformated coordinates

• National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State—Louisiana (53). National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
• National Park Service listings of National Historic Landmarks

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