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This is a list of properties and districts in Louisiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in each of Louisiana's 64 parishes . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of ...
Name Image Built Listed Location Parish Type Burr's Ferry Bridge: 1936, 1937 1998-05-18 Burr Ferry: Vernon: Parker through truss bridge Caddo Lake Bridge
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana,. The United States National Historic Landmark program is a program of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.
Aillet House is a historic plantation in Port Allen, Louisiana, USA. It was built circa 1830 with bousillage. [2] It belonged to Jean Dorville Landry, a sugar planter prior to the American Civil War of 1861–1865. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 9, 1991. [3]
A Louisiana Highway Department gravel truck driver pauses in front of his orange-colored vehicle (1972). The new Louisiana Constitution of 1976 (adopted in 1974) and Act 83 of 1977 abolished the Departments of Highways and Public Works and restructured them into the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), thereby encompassing related activities such as highways, public works ...
The Old Louisiana State Capitol, also known as the State House, is a historic government building, and now a museum, at 100 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. It housed the Louisiana State Legislature from the mid-19th century until the current capitol tower building was constructed from 1929-32.
The Galliano Pontoon Bridge crosses Bayou Lafourche in the town of Galliano, Louisiana. Built in 1956, and rehabilitated in 2009, this pontoon swing bridge has a total length of 136.2 feet with its largest span at 71.9 feet. The bridge deck is 24.9 feet wide. [1] The bridge was shortly closed and reopened in 2023. [2]
Rank Name Image Location Height feet (m) Floors Year Notes 1 Hancock Whitney Center: New Orleans: 697 (212) 51 1972 Has been the tallest building in New Orleans and Louisiana since 1972; tallest building in the Southeastern United States at the time of its completion; first Southeastern skyscraper to rise higher than 656 feet (200 m); tallest building constructed in the city in the 1970s.