St. Joseph Historic District

The St. Joseph Historic District in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, Louisiana was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It included 99 buildings, 71 of them being contributing buildings, in an 80 acres (32 ha) area roughly bounded by Panola Ave. and Front, Hickory, 4th, and Pauline Streets in downtown St. Joseph.^[1][2]

St. Joseph Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by Panola Ave., Front, Hickory, 4th, and Pauline Sts., St. Joseph, Louisiana
Coordinates	31.916111°N 91.236111°W / 31.916111; -91.236111
Area	80 acres (32 ha)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	80001763[1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

The district essentially included the entire town as far as it extended in 1930, with exception of seven lots east of Second Street which had been redeveloped incompatibly in the 1970s, so was excluded.^[2]

It includes Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne architecture. It includes the Tensas Parish Courthouse which was separately listed on the National Register in 1979.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "St. Joseph Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1980. Retrieved July 7, 2017. with two photos and three maps