List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana

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.[1]

The state of Louisiana is home to 54 of these landmarks, spanning a range of history from early to modern times. The most recently designated is the St. Charles Streetcar Line, designated during August 2014. Two listings have had their designations withdrawn.

The sternwheeler steamboat Delta Queen has been relocated to Chattanooga and is now listed as an NHL of Tennessee.

Key
National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark District

National Historic Landmarks
[2] Landmark name Image Date designated[3] Location Parish Description
1 Acadian House
Acadian House
 May 30, 1974
(#73002133)		 St. Martinville
30°08′11″N 91°49′30″W		 St. Martin Acadian house.[4]
2 The Cabildo
The Cabildo
 October 9, 1960
(#66000373)		 New Orleans
29°57′27″N 90°03′50″W		 Orleans Late 18th-century building on Jackson Square; city hall from the colonial era through early 19th century; now one of the properties of the Louisiana State Museum.
3 George Washington Cable House
George Washington Cable House
 December 29, 1962
(#66000374)		 New Orleans
29°55′35″N 90°05′13″W		 Orleans Garden District cottage home of author George Washington Cable.[5]
4 Courthouse and Lawyers' Row
Courthouse and Lawyers' Row
 May 30, 1974
(#74002249)		 Clinton
30°51′59″N 91°01′06″W		 East Feliciana Built in the mid-19th century, this courthouse and five nearby law office buildings are examples of Greek Revival architecture.[6]
5 DELUGE (Firefighting Tug)
DELUGE (Firefighting Tug)
 June 30, 1989
(#89001427)		 New Orleans
29°57′15″N 90°03′18″W		 Orleans The DELUGE, a fireboat that served the Port of New Orleans, is an example of large fireboats found in major ports during the 1920s.[7]
6 James H. Dillard House
James H. Dillard House
 December 2, 1974
(#74000929)		 New Orleans
29°56′10″N 90°07′36″W		 Orleans This was the home of James Hardy Dillard, an educator at Tulane University and director of the Slater Fund and Jeanes Foundation. Born in 1856, Dillard spent most of his life improving the education of blacks in the United States.[8][9]
7 Evergreen Plantation
Evergreen Plantation
 April 27, 1992
(#91001386)		 Wallace
30°01′38″N 90°38′26″W		 St. John the Baptist Composed of 37 buildings, including a main house and 22 extant slave cabins, Evergreen Plantation is an intact example of major plantation complexes found during the antebellum era of the Southern United States.[10] Open to visitors.
8 Fort De La Boulaye October 9, 1960
(#66000378)		 Phoenix
29°38′57″N 89°56′40″W		 Plaquemines Fort De La Boulaye was a fort built in 1699–1700, when France took control of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
9 Fort Jackson
Fort Jackson
 December 19, 1960
(#66000379)		 Triumph
29°21′28″N 89°27′18″W		 Plaquemines Constructed on the lower Mississippi River after the War of 1812, it was the site of the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip in 1862. A public park, the fort was flooded for several weeks in 2005 after two hurricanes.
10 Fort Jesup
Fort Jesup
 July 4, 1961
(#66000381)		 Many
31°36′41″N 93°24′03″W		 Sabine Fort Jesup was built in 1822–32, to help protect the western border between American and Spanish territories. Under the command of future U.S. President Zachary Taylor, soldiers at the fort monitored Texas as it passed from Spanish and Mexican control, until the Mexican–American War in 1846.[11]
11 Fort St. Philip
Fort St. Philip
 December 19, 1960
(#66000380)		 Triumph
29°21′50″N 89°27′46″W		 Plaquemines Established on the Mississippi River in the 18th century, Fort St. Philip's major engagements were 10-day naval sieges during the War of 1812 and American Civil War. The site is privately owned and has deteriorated greatly because of river flooding, erosion, and tropical storms.
12 Gallier Hall
Gallier Hall
 May 30, 1974
(#74002250)		 New Orleans
29°56′56″N 90°04′15″W		 Orleans Designed by James Gallier (Sr.) in the mid-1800s; City Hall until mid-20th century and continues in use for civic and community purposes.
13 Gallier House
Gallier House
 May 30, 1974
(#74000932)		 New Orleans
29°57′41″N 90°03′42″W		 Orleans Beautifully restored home designed by James Gallier Jr.
14 Garden District
Garden District
 May 30, 1974
(#71000358)		 New Orleans
29°55′40″N 90°05′05″W		 Orleans
15 Nicholas Girod House
Nicholas Girod House
 April 15, 1970
(#70000254)		 New Orleans
29°57′21″N 90°03′55″W		 Orleans Originally constructed in 1797, by 1821 it was owned by former Mayor Nicolas Girod, a wealthy French American who refurbished it in preparation for a rescue of Napoleon from his exile. Word was received of Napoleon's death —the building is commonly known as the Napoleon House. Since 1914 has functioned as the Napoleon House restaurant.
16 Hermann-Grima House
Hermann-Grima House
 May 30, 1974
(#710003591)		 New Orleans
29°57′26″N 90°04′03″W		 Orleans
17 Homeplace Plantation House
Homeplace Plantation House
 April 15, 1970
(#70000842)		 Hahnville
29°58′16″N 90°24′27″W		 St. Charles Built circa 1790, large French Colonial raised cottage. Not open to the public.
18 Jackson Square
Jackson Square
 October 9, 1960
(#66000375)		 New Orleans
29°57′20″N 90°03′47″W		 Orleans Central square of the Vieux Carré, historically called the Place d'Armes (Plaza de Armas). Redesigned as a public park and renamed in the mid-19th century, by Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba.
19 USS KIDD (Destroyer)
USS KIDD (Destroyer)
 January 14, 1986
(#83000502)		 Baton Rouge
30°26′40″N 91°11′29″W		 East Baton Rouge
20 Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
 April 15, 1970
(#70000255)		 New Orleans
29°57′38″N 90°03′50″W		 Orleans Late 18th-century Creole cottage, became a bar in the 20th century.
21 Longue Vue House and Gardens
Longue Vue House and Gardens
 April 5, 2005
(#91001419)		 New Orleans
29°58′36″N 90°07′23″W		 Orleans
22 Los Adaes
Los Adaes
 June 23, 1986
(#78001427)		 Robeline
31°42′31″N 93°17′36″W		 Natchitoches Los Adaes was the capital 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).
23 Louisiana State Bank Building
Louisiana State Bank Building
 May 4, 1983
(#83004387)		 New Orleans
29°57′22″N 90°03′59″W		 Orleans
24 Louisiana State Capitol Building and Gardens
Louisiana State Capitol Building and Gardens
 December 17, 1982
(#78001421)		 Baton Rouge
30°27′25″N 91°11′14″W		 East Baton Rouge
25 Madame John's Legacy
Madame John's Legacy
 April 15, 1970
(#70000256)		 New Orleans
29°57′34″N 90°03′46″W		 Orleans One of the few French Colonial-style houses in the Quarter to survive the city's great fires of the late 18th century, its name comes from a story by George Washington Cable.
26 Madewood Plantation House
Madewood Plantation House
 May 4, 1983
(#73000860)		 Napoleonville
29°55′37″N 90°59′40″W		 Assumption Architect Henry Howard's first major building, begun in 1846.
27 Magnolia Plantation
Magnolia Plantation
 January 3, 2001
(#79001071)		 Derry
31°32′59″N 92°56′26″W		 Natchitoches
28 Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site
Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site
 July 19, 1964
(#66000372)		 Marksville
31°07′29″N 92°02′52″W		 Avoyelles Archeological type site for Marksville culture.
29 Melrose Plantation
Melrose Plantation
 May 30, 1974
(#72000556)		 Melrose
31°05′16″N 92°58′03″W		 Natchitoches Black businesswoman Marie Thérèse Coincoin created this plantation, includes perhaps the first black-for-black-designed buildings in the United States.
30 Natchitoches Historic District
Natchitoches Historic District
 April 16, 1984
(#74000928)		 Natchitoches
31°45′16″N 93°05′32″W		 Natchitoches Natchitoches is the oldest permanent settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley, founded by the French in 1714 (four years before New Orleans).
31 New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building
New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building
 December 22, 1977
(#77000675)		 New Orleans
29°57′09″N 90°04′16″W		 Orleans
32 Oak Alley Plantation
Oak Alley Plantation
 December 2, 1974
(#74002187)		 Vacherie
30°00′15″N 90°46′33″W		 St. James
33 Old Louisiana State Capitol
Old Louisiana State Capitol
 May 30, 1974
(#73000862)		 Baton Rouge
30°26′48″N 91°11′21″W		 East Baton Rouge Innovatively designed by architect James H. Dakin, it is "Castellated Gothic".
34 Parlange Plantation House
Parlange Plantation House
 May 30, 1974
(#70000258)		 Mix
30°37′49″N 91°29′10″W		 Pointe Coupee
35 Pontalba Buildings
Pontalba Buildings
 May 30, 1974
(#74000934)		 New Orleans
29°57′27″N 90°03′44″W		 Orleans
36 Port Hudson
Port Hudson
 May 30, 1974
(#74002349)		 Port Hudson
30°41′36″N 91°16′33″W		 East Feliciana Port Hudson State Historic Site, an American Civil War battleground, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. The Port Hudson National Cemetery is approximately six miles south, in East Baton Rouge Parish.
37 Poverty Point National Monument
Poverty Point National Monument
 April 15, 1970
(#66000382)		 Delhi
32°38′12″N 91°24′41″W		 West Carroll
38 The Presbytere
The Presbytere
 April 15, 1970
(#70000257)		 New Orleans
29°57′28″N 90°03′48″W		 Orleans Iconic building on Jackson Square, planned in the 1790s during the Spanish colonial era as the twin of the Cabildo. Second floor wasn't completed until 1813, during early statehood, with the third floor added in the 1840s. Since 1911, the Presbytere has belonged to the Louisiana State Museum.
39 Jean Pierre Emmanuel Prud'homme Oakland Plantation
Jean Pierre Emmanuel Prud'homme Oakland Plantation
 January 3, 2001
(#79001073)		 Natchez
31°39′54″N 93°00′12″W		 Natchitoches
40 Rosedown Plantation
Rosedown Plantation
 April 5, 2005
(#01000765)		 St. Francisville
30°47′46″N 91°22′15″W		 West Feliciana
41 Saint Alphonsus Church
Saint Alphonsus Church
 June 19, 1996
(#73000872)		 New Orleans
29°55′50″N 90°04′25″W		 Orleans
42 St. Charles Streetcar Line
St. Charles Streetcar Line
 August 25, 2014
(#73000873)		 New Orleans
29°55′38″N 90°05′40″W		 Orleans Most extensive streetcar line in the country; oldest continuously operated light-rail line in the world
43 St. Mary's Assumption Church
St. Mary's Assumption Church
 May 30, 1974
(#71000361)		 New Orleans
29°55′48″N 90°04′27″W		 Orleans
44 St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's Church
 May 30, 1974
(#74000936)		 New Orleans
29°56′48″N 90°04′12″W		 Orleans
45 San Francisco Plantation House
San Francisco Plantation House
 May 30, 1974
(#74002186)		 Reserve
30°02′51″N 90°36′20″W		 St. John the Baptist
46 Shadows-on-the-Teche
Shadows-on-the-Teche
 May 30, 1970
(#72000553)		 New Iberia
30°00′16″N 91°48′56″W		 Iberia The Greek Revival home was completed in 1834 on the Bayou Teche by wealthy planters David and Mary Weeks, within the town of New Iberia. It remained in the Weeks family until 1958, when William Weeks Hall died and donated the building to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Open for tours.
47 Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
 October 6, 2008
(#91000624)		 Shreveport
32°30′29″N 93°45′11″W		 Caddo
48 Shreveport Water Works Company, Pump Station
Shreveport Water Works Company, Pump Station
 December 17, 1982
(#80001707)		 Shreveport
32°31′04″N 93°45′26″W		 Caddo An engineering landmark.
49 United States Customhouse
United States Customhouse
 December 2, 1974
(#74000938)		 New Orleans
29°57′05″N 90°03′59″W		 Orleans
50 United States Court of Appeals—Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals—Fifth Circuit
 July 21, 2015
(#74000937)		 New Orleans
29°56′52″N 90°04′45″W		 Orleans 1909 courthouse was where many key court cases brought during the Civil Rights Movement were decided
51 United States Mint, New Orleans Branch
United States Mint, New Orleans Branch
 May 15, 1975
(#73000875)		 New Orleans
29°57′41″N 90°03′26″W		 Orleans Minted both gold and silver coinage during the antebellum years of the 19th century; also served briefly as a C.S.A. mint.
52 Old Ursuline Convent
Old Ursuline Convent
 October 9, 1960
(#66000376)		 New Orleans
29°57′39″N 90°03′39″W		 Orleans Convent established early in the colonial era by Ursuline nuns and New Orleans' oldest-surviving French Colonial building (1752).
53 Vieux Carre Historic District
Vieux Carre Historic District
 December 21, 1965
(#66000377)		 New Orleans
29°57′31″N 90°03′54″W		 Orleans Meaning "Old Square," the original 18th-century town of New Orleans, laid out in a grid plan and known today as the French Quarter.
54 Edward Douglass White House
Edward Douglass White House
 December 8, 1976
(#76000964)		 Thibodaux
29°45′15″N 90°43′46″W		 Lafourche Home of Edward Douglass White, his home has been rumored to be haunted. They say who ever goes inside at exactly 11:00pm on December 8, comes out with almost no memory.

Former National Historic Landmarks
Landmark name[12] Image Date designated[12] Date withdrawn[12] Locality[12][13] Parish[12] Description[14]
1 U.S.S. Cabot
U.S.S. Cabot
 June 29, 1990
(#90000334)		August 7, 2001 New Orleans
 Commissioned during 1943, The USS Cabot (CVL-28/AVT-3) was an Independence-class aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. From 1967 to 1989, it was used by the Spanish navy as the Dédalo. A New Orleans-based museum foundation purchased the ship for restoration during 1990, but was unable to obtain sufficient funding. The Cabot was eventually scrapped and withdrawn as a Landmark on August 7, 2001.[15]
2 Kate Chopin House
Kate Chopin House
 April 19, 1993
(#93001601)		December 28, 2015 Cloutierville
31°32′20″N 92°55′02″W		 Natchitoches Home of Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, source for her writings on bayou life.[16] It was destroyed by fire in 2008.

National Park Service areas in Louisiana

National Historic Sites and other National Park Service areas in Louisiana are:

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 greater protection than most National Historic Landmarks.

See also

References
  1. National Park Service. "National Historic Landmarks Program: Questions and Answers". Retrieved 2007-09-21.
  2. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  3. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  4. "Acadian House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  5. "Cable, George Washington, House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  6. "The Courthouse and Lawyers' Row". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  7. "DELUGE (Firefighting Tug)". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2005-03-19. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  8. "Dillard, James H., Home". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  9. "James Hardy Dillard". The Journal of Negro History. Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Inc. 25 (4): 585–586. Oct 1940. doi:10.1086/JNHv25n4p585. JSTOR 2715156. S2CID 224828031.
  10. "Evergreen Plantation". National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  11. "Fort Jesup". Cane River National Heritage Area: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  12. National Park Service (June 2011). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2011-07-04..
  13. National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Archived from the original on 2004-06-06. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  14. National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Archived from the original on 2004-06-06. Retrieved on various dates.
  15. "U.S.S. CABOT (CVL-28)". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  16. "Chopin, Kate, House". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
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