Old Courthouse Square (Lake Providence, Louisiana)

The Old Courthouse Square in Lake Providence, Louisiana, in East Carroll Parish, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1980.^[1]

Old Courthouse Square
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
new courthouse
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Location	Bounded by 1st Street, Hood Street, 2nd Street and Davis Street, Lake Providence, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°48′13″N 91°10′24″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1889
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
MPS	Lake Providence MRA
NRHP reference No.	80001728[1]
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1980

It is a two-acre public square. On the square is the Old East Carroll Parish Courthouse, a two-story building with a three-story side tower with an oculus, built in 1889. The courthouse is the only Romanesque Revival work in the area. Also on the square and included in the district is the new East Carroll Parish Courthouse, built in 1935. It is relatively low, given it is a three-story building.^[2][3]

It was listed along with several other Lake Providence properties and districts that were studied together in the Lake Providence MRA on October 3, 1980.^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
• Lake Providence Commercial Historic District
• Lake Providence Residential Historic District
• Arlington Plantation
• Fischer House
• Nelson House

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Lake Providence Multiple Resource Area" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2017. with four photos and two maps Archived 2018-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
3. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Courthouse Square". National Park Service. Retrieved May 17, 2018. With a photo from 1980.
4. East Carroll Parish Historical Society in cooperation with Louisiana Division of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Resources of Lake Providence". National Park Service. Retrieved June 3, 2017.