Final Report June 2018
Historic Resources Survey of LaPlace Historic District
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St. John the Baptist Parish 102 E. Airline Highway LaPlace, LA 70068
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R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. 309 Jefferson Highway . New Orleans, LA 70121 Historic Resources Survey of LaPlace Historic District
William P. Athens, M.A., R.P.A. Kathryn M. Kuranda, M.Arch.Hist. Co-Principal Investigator Co-Principal Investigator
Final Report
By
Jill Enersen, M.P.S., Kelly Morgan, M.P.S., Alison Hill, M.P.S.
R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. 309 Jefferson Highway, Suite A New Orleans, LA 70121
June 2018
For
St. John the Baptist Parish 102 E. Airline Highway LaPlace, LA 70068
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I. Introduction ...... 1 Introduction ...... 1 Survey Area and Description ...... 1 Project Objective ...... 1 Project Personnel ...... 5 Organization of the Report ...... 5 II. Research Design and Methodology ...... 6 The Role of the Historic Context in Resource Evaluation ...... 6 Archival Research ...... 6 Field Survey Methodology ...... 6 Data Analysis ...... 6 III. Historic Context ...... 7 LaPlace History ...... 7 IV. Survey Results ...... 14 Previous Investigations ...... 14 Survey Results ...... 14 Bungalow ...... 15 Freestanding Commercial ...... 15 Ranch ...... 18 Late Twentieth-Century Domestic Architecture ...... 18 Cottage/Queen Anne Cottage ...... 18 Minimal Traditional Cottage ...... 18 Mobile Home ...... 22 Shotgun/Double Shotgun ...... 24 Summary and Conclusions ...... 25 V. Analysis and Recommendations ...... 27 Local Criteria for Evaluation ...... 27 Data Analysis ...... 27 Periods of Significance ...... 29 Contributing and Non-Contributing Resources ...... 29 Summary and Recommendations ...... 30 References Cited ...... 47
Documented Resources in the LaPlace Survey Area ...... Appendix A
Previous Investigations in the LaPlace Survey Area ...... Appendix B
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Figure 1 .1 Location Map of Garvyille, Reserve, and LaPlace historic districts in St . John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana ...... 2
Figure 1 .2 U .S . Geological Survey (USGS) of LaPlace Historic District within St . John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana ...... 3
Figure 1 .3 LaPlace Historic District Survey Boundary ...... 4
Figure 3 .1 Woodland Plantation, located at 1128 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 8
Figure 3 .2 J .O . Montegut Plantation House, located at 1052 Highway 628 . Photo- graph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 8
Figure 3 .3 Excerpt from an 1848 by John La Tourrette depicting land encompassing present-day LaPlace . Image available online through the Library of Congress ...... 9
Figure 3 .4 Excerpt from an 1875 map by the Mississippi River Commission (re- vised 1880 and 1894), depicting land encompassing present-day LaPlace . Image available online through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Coast Survey Historical Map & Chart Collection...... 10
Figure 4 .1 Bungalow-type dwelling located at 851 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 16
Figure 4 .2 Bungalow-type dwelling located at 609 Main Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 16
Figure 4 .3 Freestanding commercial-type building located at 509 Main Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 17
Figure 4 .4 Freestanding commercial-type building located at 603 Main Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 17
Figure 4 .5 Ranch-type dwelling located at 1142 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 19
Figure 4 .6 Single-family domestic dwelling located at 141 Cottonwood Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 19
Figure 4 .7 Single-family dwelling located at 247 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 20
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Figure 4 .9 Multi-family apartment building located at 1093-1095 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 21
Figure 4 .10 Tudor Revival cottage-type dwelling located at 202 West 5th Street . Pho- tograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 21
Figure 4 .11 Queen Anne cottage-type dwelling located at 278 West 5th Street . Photo- graph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 22.
Figure 4 .12 Minimal traditional cottage-type dwelling located at 651 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 23
Figure 4 .13 Minimal traditional cottage-type dwelling located at 5609 West 5th Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 23
Figure 4 .14 Mobile home-dwellings located at the mobile home park at Ideal Court . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 24
Figure 4 .15 Shotgun-type dwelling located at 125 Ash Street . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 25
Figure 4 .16 Double shotgun-type dwelling located at 1152 Highway 628 . Photograph by R . Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc ., April 2018 ...... 26
Figure 5 .1 Overview Boundary Map and Contributing/Non-Contributing resources ...... 32-46
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ntroduction historic districts: Garyville, LaPlace, Reserve, This report presents the results of a recon- and Westbank River Road . naissance-level architectural survey of the In May 2017, the Historic Preservation LaPlaceI Historic District . This investigation was Study Committee recommended that the Plan- undertaken by R . Christopher Goodwin & Asso- ning Commission and Parish Council establish ciates, Inc . (RCG&A), on behalf of St . John the four local historic districts, create a Historic Pres- Baptist Parish . All work was conducted in ac- ervation District Commission, adopt a preserva- cordance with the Scope of Work developed by tion ordinance, and “utilize the survey results St . John the Baptist Parish; the Secretary of the from the University of New Orleans report to Interior’s Standards for Archeology and Histor- administer the preservation ordinance until a full ic Preservation; National Register Bulletin 24: survey can be conducted by a professional histor- Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Pres- ic preservation firm” (St. John the Baptist Parish ervation Planning; Criteria for Designation of Historic Preservation Study Committee 2017) . Historic Districts and Local Landmarks (Section The Garyville, LaPlace, Reserve, and Westbank 114-28[d]) of St . John the Baptist Parish Historic River Road historic districts and their boundaries District Commission Ordinance 17-27, and Loui- formally were adopted by the St . John the Bap- siana Historic Resource Inventory Guidelines . tist Parish Council in July 2017 and codified in Chapter 114 – Historic Preservation of Ordinance Survey Area and Description 17-27 . The LaPlace Historic District is located in In January 2018, St . John the Baptist Par- St . John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana (Figure ish contracted RCG&A to identify and evaluate 1 .1, Figure 1 .2) . The local district boundary as resources applying Criteria for Designation of established in Section 114-29 Designated His- Historic Districts and Local Landmarks (Section toric Districts of the St . John the Baptist Parish 114-28[d]) of St . John the Baptist Parish His- Historic District Commission Ordinance 17-27 is toric District Commission Ordinance 17-27 and reflected in Figure 1.3. St. John the Baptist Parish to identify contributing and non-contributing re- is situated along the Mississippi River between sources in the Garyville, LaPlace and Reserve lo- Baton Rouge and New Orleans . The Mississippi cal historic districts . This project has been partial- River bisects the Parish into northern or “east ly funded through the Historic Preservation Fund bank” and southern or “west bank” portions . (HPF), administered through the National Park In 2016, the St . John the Baptist Planning Service (NPS), U .S . Department of the Interior, and Zoning Department and the Historic Preser- through the Louisiana State Historic Preservation vation Study Committee partnered with gradu- Office (LASHPO), a component of the Office of ate students with the University of New Orleans Cultural Development . Master of Urban and Regional Planning program to develop a historic preservation plan for the Project Objective parish. This effort resulted in the preparation of a The objective of this project was to survey report entitled Protecting the Future by Preserv- and evaluate built resources within the LaPlace ing the Past: A Report to the St. John the Baptist Historic District in St . John the Baptist Par- Parish Historic Preservation Study Committee . ish, Louisiana . Built resource evaluations were The plan identified the presence of four potential conducted applying Criteria for Designation of
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Historic Districts and Local Landmarks (Sec- Secretary of the Interior’s professional qualifica- tion 114-28[d]) of St . John the Baptist Parish tions in the disciplines of history, architectural Historic District Commission Ordinance 17-27 . history, and/or historic preservation . Individual Louisiana Historic Resource Inven- tory Guidelines (LHRI) survey forms were pre- Organization of the Report pared for built resources 50 years old or older Chapter 1 contains a brief description of this in accordance with the standards and guidelines survey project . The research design and meth- developed by the Louisiana Office of Cultural odology are described in Chapter 2 . Chapter 3 Development, Division of Historic Preservation provides a historic and thematic context for the (LDHP 2018) . LaPlace Historic District . Chapter 4 presents the results of the current architectural investigations . Project Personnel Survey recommendations are provided in Chap- All work was completed in accordance with ter 5 . Appendix A includes a list of all resources guidelines set forth in the Secretary of the Inte- surveyed within the district . Previous Investiga- rior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology tions are provided in Appendix B . LHRI forms and Historic Preservation . All work was under- prepared for all built resources constructed before taken by project staff who meet or exceed the 1969 are presented in Appendix C .
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he Role of the Historic Context in Re- the LaPlace Historic District between April 11 source Evaluation and 13, 2018 . Team members also completed This project was completed through an digital architectural data sets, which were supple- integratedT program of archival research, field in- mented by digital photographs executed accord- vestigations, and data analysis . Archival research ing to photography standards developed by the was conducted to develop an overview of the National Park Service . survey area’s history to identify the period(s) of Survey data were recorded using the Ful- significance, and to establish appropriate historic crum mobile data collection application on hand- contexts for identification and assessment of sig- held smart mobile devices containing GPS with nificance (St. John the Baptist Parish Council Or- up to sub-meter accuracy . Survey data were en- dinance 17-27 Section 114-28[d]) . tered manually into the devices . The Fulcrum data collection application for the surveys includ- Archival Research ed all the data fields on the Louisiana Historic Archival research was undertaken to refine Resource Inventory (LHRI) form . The data col- the historic context for the survey area, and to elu- lected included building type, architectural style, cidate chronological periods of development and approximate date of construction, plan type, important historic themes . The resulting historic foundation, principal exterior materials, and roof context provided a framework for identifying and type and material. Character-defining features, assessing built resources within the appropriate building modifications/ alterations, and historical temporal, geographic, and thematic frameworks . or architectural importance also were recorded . Archival research included review of primary and Survey data were reviewed for completeness and secondary source materials pertaining to the his- accuracy . tory of LaPlace . Repositories consulted included the St . John Parish Library and Conveyance Of- Data Analysis fice, St. John Clerk of Courts. Additional resourc- Following field investigations, survey and es consulted included historic photos and aerials, archival data were analyzed, and individual LHRI United States Census records, digitized newspa- forms were produced for resources constructed per databases, and National Register nominations before 1969 . Resources were assessed individu- and associated documentation for the survey ar- ally and collectively to determine their potential eas . significance and integrity within the appropriate historic context . Contributing and non-contrib- Field Survey Methodology uting resources to the LaPlace Historic District Field survey of the built resources was un- also were identified. Criteria for Designation of dertaken applying the guidelines set forth in Na- Historic Districts and Local Landmarks (Section tional Register Bulletin 24: Guidelines for Lo- 114-28[d]) of St . John the Baptist Parish Historic cal Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning District Commission Ordinance 17-27 served as and the Louisiana Historic Resource Inventory the primary guidance for these analyses . Guidelines . Two architectural historians surveyed
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his chapter provides a general historic Hollingsworth family, which acquired Woodland overview of LaPlace . Important themes Plantation in 1839, as well as Zenon Boudous- Tand contexts shaping development also quié, who owned a plantation immediately down- are presented . river of Woodland Plantation and built a house there ca . 1815 (Figure 3 .2) (Begue 2017:5; Stern- LaPlace History berg 1996:123) . An historical map from 1858 LaPlace maintained an agricultural identity documents the names of other plantation owners throughout much of its history . Initial settlement at Bonnet Carré, including the Montegut family of land comprising present-day LaPlace dates (alternately spelled Montaigut), who acquired from the early eighteenth century, when German the Boudousquié plantation in 1852 (Figure 3 .3) immigrants from the Karlstein settlement on the (Persac 1858; Sternberg 1996:123) . west bank of the Mississippi River established a Although farmers at Bonnet Carré benefited farming community in the vicinity of the present- from the water and nutrient-rich silt provided by day town (Laurent 1983:3) . Although originally the Mississippi River, the river also was a source referred to as Karlstein, the community later be- of potential destruction . Bonnet Carré was locat- came known as Bonnet Carré after the introduc- ed at a sharp bend in the Mississippi River, which tion of French and Acadian peoples to the area resulted in recurring levee breaches beginning (Leeper 2012:146) . The community again was re- as early as the 1840s . During one such breach named after Frenchman Basile Laplace, Sr . during in 1871, floodwaters from the Mississippi River the late nineteenth century . (Although named for caused a nearly 1,200-foot wide break in the le- Basile Laplace, the spelling for the community vee near present-day Crevasse Avenue, forming officially was designated “LaPlace” by the parish the Bonnet Carré Crevasse . Water spilled through police jury in 1971 [Bank of St . John 1974:19]) . the breach at a rate of eight miles per hour and LaPlace presently represents the largest town in created a channel that connected the river to Lake St . John the Baptist Parish . Pontchartrain (New Orleans Times 1871) . Ac- Fertile soils supported the cultivation of cording to a contemporary account, residents in sugarcane on plantations in Bonnet Carré during the path of the deluge were forced to flee their the eighteenth century . This agricultural devel- homes: opment includes sugarcane cultivation at Wood- land Plantation, which was established in 1793 Very near the break is a small collection of by Colonel Manuel Andry on nearly 2,000 acres houses, back of them plantations, and still far- ther removed long lines of forests; over and of land towards the eastern end of LaPlace, near through all the flood pours with a restless force, the current day West 5th Street (Begue 2017:6) . rushing up and down the country as fiercely as Andry built a two-room plantation house on the if in search of something upon which to satisfy parcel in ca . 1793 . The house was enlarged by its vengeance. From the village all life and light have fled, and the deserted houses, with their subsequent owners during nineteenth and twen- open doors, told too truly the painful story. […] tieth centuries (Figure 3 .1) (Begue 2017:3-6) . By No words can convey the desolate appearance 1848, there were nearly a dozen sugar plantations of the village of Bonnet Carre, abandoned as it at Bonnet Carré (La Tourrette 1848) . The planta- is to the watery waste, which covers, as with a tions occupied long, narrow parcels fronting the garment, the once pleasant spot [sic through- out] (New Orleans Times 1871). Mississippi River . Property owners included the
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Figure 3.1 Woodland Plantation, located at 1128 Highway 628. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
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Figure 3.3 Excerpt from an 1848 by John La Tourrette depicting land encompassing present-day LaPlace. Image available online through the Library of Congress.
The Bonnet Carré Crevasse was closed 1879 (Laurent 1983:3; Sternberg 1996:121) . By through the construction of a levee by the fed- the last quarter of the nineteenth century, La- eral government in 1883 (Sternberg 1996:122) . Place evolved into a well-established commu- Author Mary Ann Sternberg describes the lasting nity featuring plantations, commercial services, effect of nineteenth-century crevasses on the to- and dwellings . Laplace granted the Yazoo and pography of LaPlace, stating that “Relic sloughs, Mississippi Valley Railroad passage through his low and now wooded, are visible on both sides property after 1879, and the depot that was built of Crevasse Street; a left turn on Grand Coulee ca . 1884 became known as LaPlace Station (Lau- Street reveals a large relic pond . Dirt gouged out rent 1983:3) . The station is depicted near the in- by the force of the river formed mounds on which tersection of the railroad track with present-day area residents subsequently built houses” (Stern- Fir Street in a map dating from the last quarter berg 1996:122-123) . Visual evidence of the for- of the nineteenth century (Figure 3 .4) (Missis- mer crevasse are represented in the sharp curves sippi River Commission 1975) . The same map along the current-day East 5th Street/Highway provides the names of plantations in addition to 628 at McReine Road and Anderson Court . LaPlace that subdivided the community, includ- The settlement’s name changed after ing New Era, St . Martin, and Louque, as well as Frenchman Basile Laplace, Sr ., a New Orleans- the footprints of over 100 buildings fronting pres- based pharmacist, acquired land in Bonnet Carré ent-day East 5th Street/Highway 628 and West 5th and established the Laplace Plantation there in Street . Present-day Cardinal Street is depicted in
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Figure 3.4 Excerpt from an 1875 map by the Mississippi River Commission (revised 1880 and 1894), depicting land encom- passing present-day LaPlace. Image available online through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion Office of Coast Survey Historical Map & Chart Collection.
10 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter III: Historic Context a separate map from 1892, when the thoroughfare is one of the greatest shipping points between served as the entrance to Woodland Plantation New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Three lines of railroad—the Yazoo & Mississippi valley, the (U .S . Geological Survey 1892) . The Mississippi Louisiana Railway & Navigation company, and River Sugar Belt Railroad was constructed to the the Mississippi River Sugar Belt—pass through north of present-day Airline Highway in 1895 . the town, and about a dozen lines of steamboats The railroad efficiently and conveniently trans- touch at Laplace, furnishing cheap transporta- ported sugarcane from plantations in LaPlace, tion by water. Among these lines are the Ouachi- ta and Red river steamers, the New Orleans, where the crop was cultivated, to the Godchaux Natchez & Vicksburg Packet company, the St. sugar refinery in nearby Reserve, where it was Louis & Mississippi River Transportation com- processed (Keller and Watson 2011:43) . pany, and the St. Louis & New Orleans Anchor Although sugar production remained the pri- line. Population, 375 [sic throughout] (Fortier 1914:44). mary industry in LaPlace into the early twentieth century, the cultivation and shipment of vegeta- Subdivision of Woodland Plantation into bles also emerged as an important component of 100-acre tracts in 1923 provided the catalyst the local agricultural-based economy during this for the twentieth-century residential develop- time (Guillory 1983:6) . Local farmer Armand ment of LaPlace . Around this time, the St . Joan Montz, Sr . found success as a vegetable grower of Arc Catholic Church was constructed by lo- and later as a pioneer in the frozen food indus- cal architect and builder Jules A . Pastureau on the try when, in 1914, he opened an ice plant on Ice southern side of West 5th Street, opposite the John Factory Lane, where vegetables were frozen and L . Ory School . Like the school, the church site packaged before being shipped nationwide . As also was donated by the Ory family . The John L . many as 10 carloads of vegetables departed daily Ory School was altered through the construction from the plant, which featured six water wells of additional classrooms during the 1920s to ac- and diesel generators that supplied electricity to commodate a growing number of students, and the surrounding community (Guillory 1983:11) . by 1928, population growth in the community Power lines from the plant later were extended as required replacement of the school with a larger far as the communities of St . Rose and Garyville, facility (John L . Ory Communication Arts Mag- and the enterprise was purchased by Louisi- net School n .d .) . ana Power and Light in the late 1920s (Guillory Cartographic review suggests that construc- 1983:6) . The Montz ice plant was operational for tion at LaPlace exploded through the 1930s . This six decades before it shuttered its doors during new construction consisted of commercial and the 1970s (L’Observateur 1983) . residential development . Airline Highway was The population of LaPlace comprised 375 constructed to the north of West 5th Street during residents by 1914 (Fortier 1914:44) . Despite its this time, providing a modern highway route be- small size, the community was home to a variety tween New Orleans and Baton Rouge . The high- of social and civic organization, including a dra- way contributed greatly to the commercial devel- ma club and the John L . Ory school, a two-story opment of LaPlace, and new businesses catering wood-frame building constructed in 1908 on land to motorists were built along the thoroughfare . donated by the Ory family, then-owners of Wood- Historic quad maps also depict the rapid devel- land Plantation (Guillory 1983:11) . According to opment of the eastern half of West 5th Street in a 1914 handbook on Louisiana: the vicinity of Woodland Plantation during the th Laplace, one of the principal towns in the par- 1930s, particularly along West 5 Street between ish of St. John the Baptist, is located on the present-day Maple Loop and Willow Street (Na- east bank of the Mississippi river, about 5 miles tionwide Environmental Title Research, LLC northeast of Edgard, the parish seat, is one of [NETR] var .) . Buildings lined new thoroughfares the richest agricultural districts of the state. It th has important sugar industries, a money order that extended from either side of West 5 Street, post office, express and telegraph offices, local including present-day Fir, Nutmeg, Jack, and and long distance telephone connections, and Main streets, as well as Orange and Maple loops
11 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter III: Historic Context and Dominican Road . New construction also ment Division of Historic Preservation n .d .) . This traced East 5th Street/Highway 628 on land that housing boom was facilitated by the lifting of once formed part of the Bonnet Carré Crevasse, war-time restrictions on certain building materi- including a Civilian Conservation Corps camp als as well as through the passage of legislation erected at the intersection of East 5th Street/High- such as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of way 628 and McReine Road . The camp opened in 1944 (also known as the GI Bill) that provided June 1933 as part of a federal work relief effort to veterans with low-interest loans . combat unemployment during the Great Depres- The sale of Godchaux Sugars, Inc . in 1957 sion, and it employed approximately 200 young as well as the construction of the DuPont plas- men from the region (Guillory 1983) . Develop- tics plant on 600 acres just west of LaPlace in ment of the western half of West 5th Street was 1964 contributed to another construction boom less intensive than the development of the land during the mid-twentieth century (Bank of St . surrounding Woodland Plantation to the east; John 1974:59) . Additionally, LaPlace’s popu- however, between 1932 and 1949, new buildings lation continued to rise, and by 1960, the town were erected along West 5th, Apricot, and Ash totaled 3,541 residents . Three new schools were streets, as well as Phoenix Lane (U .S . Geologi- erected during the 1960s to support the growing cal Survey 1932, 1949) . While the western and community (Guillory 1983:25) . This includes the eastern ends of West 5th Street were more heavily St . Joan of Arc Catholic School, which was built developed during the 1930s, land encompassing in 1961 on a parcel of undeveloped farmland at the northern and southern sides of West 5th Street the intersection of West 5th and Fir streets that between present-day Fir Street and Bradford previously was owned by Godchaux Sugars, Inc . Place remained in agricultural use . The land was Other farmland formerly belonging to Godchaux owned by Godchaux Sugars, Inc . and comprised Sugars was subdivided and developed into new the former Laplace Plantation, stretching from residential communities during the late 1950s to the Mississippi River to the location of present- mid-1960s . The Riverland Heights subdivision day Interstate 10 well to the north . was platted to the north of Airline Highway in Growth of LaPlace was spurred by new in- 1957, and was joined by the adjacent Carroll- dustrial complexes erected along River Road af- wood neighborhood in 1965 . Godchaux Sugars ter World War II, and by 1950, the population had land to the south of West 5th Street also was de- reached 2,352 residents, over six times as many veloped into a small subdivision with residential as was recorded in 1914 (Unknown 1974:108) . buildings lining Holly Drive, which encircled a Newly-platted streets included present-day small lake. The flurry of new development along Beech, Balsam, Camphor, Cypress, Cedar, Elm, West 5th Street lead to the streets being renamed Lily, Lilac, and Mahogany streets, as well as Ma- in 1966: those streets intersecting West 5th Street ple Loop, among others . A number of new dwell- were named after trees, their names placed in al- ings were constructed along Fir Street, East 5th phabetical order from Apricot to Willow . Streets Street/Highway 628, and Orange Loop, and Main extending in an east-west direction, meanwhile, Street in particular became more heavily devel- were placed in numerical order . Finally, streets oped to the north of Airline Highway (NETR east of Highway 51 were renamed after birds, var .) This spike in residential construction re- their names placed in alphabetical order from flects nationwide housing trends during the post- Cardinal to Robin (L’Observateur 1966) . war period . A decline in construction during the The population of LaPlace totaled 5,953 by Great Depression and World War II resulted in a 1970, representing a 253 per cent increase over housing shortage throughout the United States . 1950 . Major employers, including Petroleum re- This shortage later was exacerbated by a postwar fineries along River Road and the DuPont plastics baby boom . As a result of federal policies encour- plant, established facilities and provided sources aging homeownership, over 6,000,000 houses of employment during last decades of the twen- were built nationwide during the 1950s to meet tieth century . Historic aerial photography suggest the housing demand (Office of Cultural Develop- that the Riverland Heights and Carrollwood sub-
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his chapter summarizes the results of pre- aries of this 2016 survey coincide with those of vious architectural investigations in the the current survey area . The team surveyed 273 TLaPlace survey area . The results of the resources and identified 104 as contributing ele- current architectural inventory also are provided . ments to a potential local historic district . The re- sults of the survey are presented in a 2017 report Previous Investigations entitled Protecting the Future by Preserving the A review of the National Register of His- Past: A Report to the St. John the Baptist Parish toric Places database maintained by the Louisi- Historic Preservation Study Committee, which ana Office of Cultural Development, Division of provided the basis for the local designation of the Historic Preservation revealed two individually- LaPlace Historic District in July 2017 (St . John listed National Register properties in the LaPlace the Baptist Parish Council Ordinance 17-27 Sec- survey area . This includes Woodland Plantation, tion 114-29[a][4]) . located at 1128 Highway 628, and the Montegut Plantation House, located at 1052 Highway 628 . Survey Results Woodland Plantation was constructed ca . 1793 The LaPlace survey area encompasses re- and was enlarged through the construction of ad- sources located on either side of East 5th and West ditions during the nineteenth and twentieth centu- 5th streets, an arc-shaped thoroughfare that fol- ries . The building was listed in the National Reg- lows the historic course of the Mississippi River, ister in 2017 and is significant under Criterion C which has since changed . An active railroad line as a rare extant example of bousillage construc- is located to the north of West 5th Street, and Air- tion in St . John the Baptist Parish, as well as un- line Highway extends in a northwest-southeast der Criterion B for its association with jazz musi- direction to the north of the railroad line, forming cian and pioneer Edward “Kid” Ory . The Mon- the community’s primary commercial corridor . A tegut Plantation House, meanwhile, is significant second railroad line extending in an east-west di- at the local level as an example of St . John the rection is located to the south of West 5th Street . Baptist’s early architectural heritage . The build- This railroad line intersects West 5th Street at the ing was constructed ca . 1815 and was listed in the eastern and western ends of the survey area . The National Register in 1987 . portion of West 5th Street to the south of the rail- In addition to the two National Register- road tracks on the eastern end of the survey area listed properties, 66 resources in the survey area is known as East 5th Street (also known as High- that individually were documented in Historic way 628) . Main Street is located just north of this Resource Inventory forms prepared in 1983 and intersection and extends in a northeast-southwest 1984. These resources are identified in Appendix direction, connecting West 5th Street to Airline B . Highway and to Interstate 10 beyond . The portion The University of New Orleans Department of Main Street between West 5th Street and Air- of Planning and Urban Studies undertook an ar- line Highway primarily is lined with commercial chitectural survey of LaPlace in fall 2016 for the buildings, however, some residences also front purposes of recommending a “historic preserva- the thoroughfare . West 5th Street predominantly tion strategy” to the St . John the Baptist Parish features one- to two-story residences with some (Department of Planning and Urban Studies, commercial and religious buildings interspersed University of New Orleans 2017:i) . The bound- throughout, particularly around that thorough-
14 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results fare’s intersection with Main Street . Most dwell- clapboard, drop siding, stucco, vertical board, ings in the survey area feature at least one out- and vinyl siding . Most bungalow-type buildings building, such as a detached garage, carport, or rest on pier foundations . shed . Lots range greatly in their size and shape . Building setbacks vary, but most buildings fea- Freestanding Commercial ture a uniform setback from the road . Several Freestanding commercial buildings gener- buildings on the western end of West 5th Street ally are identifiable by their storefronts, which before that street crosses the railroad track dis- broadly are defined as “a ground-level façade play deep setbacks . constructed with large expanses of glass to dis- A total of 265 resources were documented at play merchandise” (City of New Orleans His- LaPlace . These resources include 33 vacant lots toric District Landmarks Commission [HDLC] and 232 buildings, most of which are residential . n.d.[b]:5). Storefronts first emerged during the Surveyed resources are identified in Appendix A. mid-1800s and were instrumental in attracting The following discussion summarizes the pre- customers through their eye-catching displays . dominant building types that were identified dur- During the early twentieth century, new materials ing this current investigation . such as aluminum and stainless steel replaced ar- chitectural cast iron for framing elements, while Bungalow newly-developed products such as structural The bungalow is a residential building type glass also were integrated into storefronts (Jandl that popularly was built throughout the United 1983:3) . The typical storefront consists of an en- States during the early part of the twentieth cen- trance topped by a transom and flanked on either tury . Bungalows typically are one- to one-and- side by large display windows, such as that at 509 a-half-stories in height . Other common charac- Main Street (Figure 4.3). Other character-defin- teristics include front porches and front-gable ing features of freestanding commercial build- roofs . The building type often is associated with ings include parapets and glazed doors . the Craftsman architectural style, and buildings Freestanding commercial buildings com- displaying this influence commonly incorporate prise 40 of the 232 buildings documented during exposed rafter ends and visible columns; many survey of LaPlace, making it the second most of the bungalows documented during the current prevalent building type in the survey area . Most survey, for example, feature porches with roofs of these buildings are concentrated on the com- supported by tapered wooden box columns, such mercial corridors of Main Street or Airline High- as the residence located at 851 West 5th Street way, or are clustered on West 5th and Cardinal (Figure 4 .1) . streets near the intersection with the commercial Bungalows represent the most common thoroughfares . Documented freestanding com- building type identified during survey and ac- mercial buildings are one- to two-stories in height count for approximately 22 per cent of the total and commonly terminate in flat or gabled roofs; building stock (51 of 232) . Bungalows in the the building at 603 Main Street, for example, dis- survey area were constructed between ca . 1900 plays a front-gable roof that is hidden behind a and ca . 1970, with 50 of the buildings being parapet (Figure 4 .4) . Fixed-divided windows and constructed between ca . 1900 and ca . 1935 . The glazed single-leaf or double-leaf doors also are buildings range from one- to one-and-a-half-sto- common, and most of the buildings feature poured ries in height . Almost all documented bungalows concrete-slab foundations . Exterior cladding var- incorporate a front porch, and almost half of the ies and includes brick, clapboard, concrete block, buildings feature double-hung wooden windows . stucco, and vertical board, among other materi- Although front-gable roofs are the most common als . Eighteen of the 40 of the freestanding com- roof type, eight of the bungalows terminate in hip mercial buildings documented in the survey area roofs, including the dwelling located at 609 Main were 50 years of age or older . Most of the build- Street (Figure 4 .2) . Exterior materials vary wide- ings display minimal architectural elaboration . ly and include asbestos, aluminum siding, brick,
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Figure 4.1 Bungalow-type dwelling located at 851 West 5th Street. Photograph by R. Christopher Good- win & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
Figure 4.2 Bungalow-type dwelling located at 609 Main Street. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018. 16 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results
Figure 4.3 Freestanding commercial-type building located at 509 Main Street. Photograph by R. Chris- topher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
Figure 4.4 Freestanding commercial-type building located at 603 Main Street. Photograph by R. Chris- topher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018. 17 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results
Ranch share many common features, including a two- Although the ranch building type developed story height and poured concrete-slab foundation . in California during the early twentieth century, All three buildings have exteriors that are cov- these dwellings exploded in popularity nation- ered in brick with a combination of other mate- wide during the 1950s and 1960s . Ranches are rials, including vinyl siding, vertical board, and characterized as one-story buildings with linear wood shingles, and asphalt shingles . Roof types plans and asymmetrical façades. A horizontal consist of shed, flat, and gambrel types (Figure emphasis is achieved through the building type’s 4 .9) . Roofs all are sheathed in asphalt shingles . low-slung, low-pitched roof, which predomi- Windows vary, and doors all are replacements . nantly includes cross-hip and cross-gable types . Footprints commonly incorporate a garage . Cottage/Queen Anne Cottage A total of 32 ranch-type buildings were re- Cottage is a term used throughout Louisiana corded during survey of LaPlace . One of these that applies to a vernacular dwelling character- buildings has been converted into a daycare . ized by an asymmetrical form, one to one-and-a- Construction dates range from ca . 1955 to ca . half story height, and side or cross-gabled roof . A 2000, with 15 of the buildings constructed after total of 29 cottages were identified in the LaPlace ca . 1968 . The buildings generally are one-story survey area . Construction dates range from ca . in height with asymmetrical façades, brick exte- 1900 to ca . 1975, with three of the buildings be- riors, and poured concrete-slab foundations (Fig- ing constructed after 1968 . ure 4 .5) . Roofs predominantly are hipped and are Documented cottages range from one- to covered in asphalt shingles . Window and door two-stories and have exteriors clad in clapboard, types vary . brick, asbestos shingles, aluminum siding, con- crete block, and vinyl siding . Roofs predominant- Late Twentieth-Century Domestic Architecture ly are front- or side-gable types; however, some Late twentieth-century domestic architec- of the buildings terminate in hip roofs . Almost all ture applies to 32 non-contributing resources in of buildings feature porches or stoops, and most the survey area . The buildings generally do not of the buildings feature double-hung wooden displays any historical architectural stylistic ref- windows . With its steeply-pitched side-gable erences . Two subcategories are contained under roof, round-arch door at the primary entrance, this classification: single-family dwellings (n = and prominent chimney, the building at 202 West 29) and multi-family apartment buildings (n = 3). 5th Street provides an example of a Tudor Reviv- Documented single-family dwellings vary con- al-style cottage found in the survey area (Figure siderably in their appearance . These buildings 4 .10) . The residence at 278 West 5th Street, mean- were constructed between ca . 1970 and ca . 2017 while, represents the sole Queen Anne cottage and range from one to two stories in height . The identified in the survey area (Figure 4.11). The vast majority have poured concrete-slab founda- building displays the Queen Anne style through tions and brick exteriors, although vinyl siding its turned, bracketed columns, spindlework and stucco also are used as cladding materials . frieze, and gable ends that are covered in wooden Most of the buildings terminate in asphalt shin- shingles . gle-covered hip or side-gable roofs . Windows generally are vinyl or metal-frame units, and Minimal Traditional Cottage doors typically are partially-glazed panel units Minimal traditional cottage-type dwellings accessible from porches . The dwellings at 141 were constructed in the United States between Cottonwood Street, 247 West 5th Street, and 383 1935 and 1950 . These homes are characterized West 5th Street reflect the variety of this building by their small size and minimal architectural de- type (Figures 4 .6 – 4 .8) . tailing . Minimal traditional cottages generally Three multi-family apartment buildings are one-story in height and terminate in shallow constructed between ca . 1975 and ca . 1985 also gabled roofs with little or no overhang . Other were identified during survey. These buildings characteristics include double-hung wooden win-
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Figure 4.5 Ranch-type dwelling located at 1142 Highway 628. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
Figure 4.6 Single-family domestic dwelling located at 141 Cottonwood Street. Photograph by R. Chris- topher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018. 19 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results
Figure 4.7 Single-family dwelling located at 247 West 5th Street. Photograph by R. Christopher Good- win & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
Figure 4.8 Single-family dwelling located at 383 West 5th Street. Photograph by R. Christopher Good- win & Associates, Inc., April 2018. 20 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results
Figure 4.9 Multi-family apartment building located at 1093-1095 Highway 628. Photograph by R. Chris- topher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
Figure 4.10 Tudor Revival cottage-type dwelling located at 202 West 5th Street. Photograph by R. Chris- topher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018. 21 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results
Figure 4.11 Queen Anne cottage-type dwelling located at 278 West 5th Street. Photograph by R. Christo- pher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018. dows . The building type popularly was built dur- dence located at 651 West 5th Street (Figure 4 .12) . ing the Great Depression because of its small size Architectural historians have identified a variety and affordable construction cost, and because of subgroups within the minimal traditional type . the type was prompted by the Federal Housing The dwelling located at 651 West 5th Street is an Administration (FHA) . Frequently, homeown- example of the “gable-and-wing-roof” subgroup ers were able to obtain FHA-insured loans for of the minimal traditional cottage as defined in the construction of this dwelling type (McAles- A Field Guide to American Houses (McAlester ter 2013:589) . Minimal traditional cottages also 2015: 586, 590-591) . Although less common, were popular in the years immediately following four minimal traditional cottages are included World War II, when returning veterans and the in the “side-gabled-roof” subgroup, which is subsequent baby boom resulted in the construc- defined by its side-gable roof (McAlester 2015: tion of new residential units across the nation . 586, 593-593) . An example is provided by 5609 A total of 16 minimal traditional cottages West 5th Street (Figure 4 .13) . were documented during the current survey, with construction dates ranging from ca . 1930 to ca . Mobile Home 1940 . The vast majority of these one-story wood- Mobile homes emerged during the 1930s as frame buildings feature front porches and asym- small, factory-built, temporary dwellings pulled metrical façades. Windows and doors tend to be behind automobiles . During the 1950s and 1960s, replacement units, while exteriors predominantly however, mobile home designs with larger foot- are clad in aluminum and vinyl siding . Over half prints that were “more suitable for permanent of the documented minimal traditional cottages housing” were introduced (McAlester 2015:149- terminate in side-gable roofs with front gables at- 150) . Footprints continued to expand into the fol- tached to one end of the façades, such as the resi- lowing decades . Mobile homes are characterized
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Figure 4.12 Minimal traditional cottage-type dwelling located at 651 West 5th Street. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
Figure 4.13 Minimal traditional cottage-type dwelling located at 5609 West 5th Street. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018. 23 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results as one-story pre-fabricated dwellings that often- n .d .[b]:6) . The buildings are one-story in height times are located in rural settings or are concen- and typically feature clapboard-clad exteriors and trated together in mobile home parks . brick pier foundations . Roof types commonly in- Seven mobile homes were identified in the clude front-gable, gable-on-hip, and hip . A varia- survey area, including those located in the La- tion on the shotgun, the double shotgun features Place Riverside RV Park at Dosier Court, as well a shotgun-type arrangement of rooms placed on as at the Ideal mobile home park along Ideal either side of a party wall, thereby forming a two- Court . Construction dates range from ca . 1970 to unit building sharing the same roof . ca . 2010 . Mobile homes in the survey area are Three shotgun-type buildings were identi- one-story in height, occupy rectangular foot- fied during survey; this includes two residences prints, and feature metal exteriors (Figure 4 .14) . dating from ca . 1925 and ca . 1980, and a religious They generally rest on pier foundations that are facility built ca . 2000 . The ca . 1925 shotgun at obscured by a metal skirting around the base of 125 Ash Street has been altered through the con- the building . struction of additions to its side (east) and rear (north) elevations (Figure 4 .15) . The remaining Shotgun/Double Shotgun two shotguns display the building type’s charac- Shotgun residences were constructed in the ter-defining long, narrow rectangular footprint American South between the early nineteenth and terminate in asphalt shingle-clad hip roofs . and mid-twentieth centuries . The building type Foundation types for the three shotguns include is defined by its long, narrow footprint, and by poured concrete slab and concrete-block pier . Ex- its interior arrangement of rooms: shotguns are terior cladding includes vertical board, vinyl sid- one room wide by three or more rooms deep, ing, and clapboard . All documented shotguns are “with each room opening onto the next” (HDLC one-story wood-frame buildings .
Figure 4.14 Mobile home-dwellings located at the mobile home park at Ideal Court. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018. 24 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter IV: Survey Results
Figure 4.15 Shotgun-type dwelling located at 125 Ash Street. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
In addition to the three aforementioned shot- clude clapboard and vinyl siding . Windows pre- guns, four double shotgun-type dwellings also dominantly are replacement units . were recorded during the current investigation . These buildings were built between ca . 1930 and Summary and Conclusions ca . 1935 and are characterized as one-story wood- A total of 265 resources were surveyed at frame buildings with front-gable roofs, clapboard LaPlace . This number includes 33 vacant lots and exteriors, and brick- or concrete-block-pier foun- 232 buildings . Built resources range in date from dations . While most of the buildings feature sym- ca . 1793 to ca . 2017 . Most buildings in the survey metrical two-bay wide façades with doors located area are residential and have wood framing mem- in each bay, the double shotgun at 1152 Highway bers, pier foundations, and gable or hip roofs . A 628 is four bays wide (Figure 4 .16) . All double total of 40 freestanding commercial buildings shotguns recorded during the survey incorporate also were recorded . Most documented buildings full-width front porches . Exterior materials in- display minimal architectural elaboration .
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Figure 4.16 Double shotgun-type dwelling located at 1152 Highway 628. Photograph by R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., April 2018.
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his chapter presents a summary of analy- Data Analysis ses of archival and architectural data . It The earliest extant buildings recorded during Talso provides a discussion of periods of survey date from LaPlace’s are associated with significance within the LaPlace survey area, as the town’s agricultural heritage that dominated well as a summary of contributing and non-con- the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . These tributing resources . buildings include Woodland Plantation at 1128 Highway 628, built ca . 1793, and the neighbor- Local Criteria for Evaluation ing Montegut Plantation at 1052 Highway 628, The St . John the Baptist Parish Historic Dis- built ca . 1815 . Sugar was grown at both Wood- trict Commission includes historic districts and land and Montegut plantations, and sugar pro- local historic landmarks of the Parish . To be lo- duction remained the primary economic driver at cally designated, or considered eligible for local LaPlace into the early 1900s . The cultivation and designation, in the Parish, a historic district or lo- shipment of vegetables also became an important cal landmark must include resources that are at part of the local economy after A . Montz opened least 50 years old or must be a resource that is at an ice plant in 1914 . Development in the survey least 50 years old and also must meet at least one area dating from between ca . 1900 to ca . 1915 is of the five following criteria: limited to nine buildings located along East 5th Street/Highway 628 and West 5th and Cardinal • Representative of or exhibits character- streets (Cardinal Street was the historic entrance istics of a particular architectural style, to Woodland Plantation) . Of these nine buildings, type, period or way of life important to seven are cottages and two are bungalows . They the Parish; all are modest in scale with wood framing mem- • Exemplifies the cultural, economic, re- bers and pier foundations . Most feature a uniform ligious, educational, political, social or setback from the road . Many of these buildings economic growth and/or history of the were subject to previous investigations and were Parish, state or nation; documented in Louisiana Historic Resource In- ventory forms . According to the earlier docu- • Serves as an example of a building or mentation, many of these previously documented structure representative of its era for buildings were inhabited by families involved in which there are few remaining exam- the agriculture industry at LaPlace: one bungalow ples of part architectural styles or types; and one cottage represent former workers’ quar- ters associated with Woodland Plantation (505 • Associated with a business or use that and 601 Cardinal Street); one cottage was used was once common but is now rare; as a residence by the owner/operator of the store • Serves as an established and familiar vi- at Woodland Plantation (110 West 5th Street); and sual feature of a neighborhood or com- another cottage was the residence of a family of munity that contributes to the cultural, chicken ranchers (546 West 5th Street) . architectural or historic development of Ten documented buildings date from ca . the Parish, state or nation . 1920, including five bungalows, three cottages,
27 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter V: Analysis and Recommendations one church, and one freestanding commercial the Great Depression due to its compact size and building located on Cardinal Street . All other affordable cost of construction, and because the buildings are located on the western and eastern dwelling type was promoted by the FHA, and ends of West 5th Street (the middle part of West thus making its construction eligible for FHA- 5th Street between Fir Street and Bradford Place guaranteed loans (McAlester 2015:588-589) . The was dominated by a large tract of undeveloped popularity of the minimal traditional cottage later farmland until the early 1960s) . Development of was eclipsed by ranch-type dwellings during the the survey area gained momentum in the latter 1950s and 1960s . half of the decade after the subdivision of Wood- Construction at LaPlace slowed during the land Planation in 1923, with 13 buildings being 1940s as a result of World War II, with 10 build- constructed between ca . 1925 and 1928 . These ings constructed during the period . Five mini- buildings primarily are located on West 5th Street mal traditional cottages, four bungalows, and (n = 8); others are located on East 5th Street/High- one freestanding commercial building fronting way 628 and Ash, Cardinal, and Main streets . Ten East Airline Highway comprise this total . The of the 13 buildings are bungalows, reflecting the other buildings are located on Apricot, Cardinal, popularity of this building type during the early and West 5th streets, as well as on Orange Loop . twentieth century . Other building types include a Only seven buildings were constructed during freestanding commercial building and a shotgun the 1950s: three freestanding commercial build- dwelling . In order to accommodate a growing ings on West 5th and Main streets, two cottages, number of students, the John L . Ory School at 182 a ranch-type dwelling, and a church on Main West 5th Street was constructed in 1928, replacing Street . Most documented buildings dating from an earlier, smaller school at the same location . Of the 1940s and 1950s feature a setback that is the 23 documented 1920s-era buildings, the John uniform with earlier construction . Documented L . Ory School and the freestanding commercial buildings more frequently feature poured con- building at 786 West 5th Street were erected in crete-slab foundations beginning in the 1940s . brick; all other buildings are wood frame . Most New industrial complexes erected along display a uniform setback, although some build- River Road during the 1960s, such as the DuPont ings on the western end of West 5th Street feature plastics plant in 1964, contributed greatly to the deeper setbacks from the road, such as 778, 872, local economy and prompted the development of and 843 West 5th Street . 26 new buildings in the survey area between ca . Airline Highway was completed to the north 1960 and ca . 1965 . This spike in new construc- of West 5th Street in 1933, stimulating develop- tion follows a national upswing in the construc- ment and growth within the community . A total of tion industry in the decades after World War II . 65 buildings were constructed in the survey area Fourteen ranch-type dwellings on East 5th Street/ between ca . 1930 and ca . 1939 . These buildings Highway 628 and West 5th Street and seven free- predominantly are located along East 5th Street/ standing commercial buildings on East Airline Highway 628 and West 5th Street, however, some Highway and Main and West 5th streets comprise also were identified on Apricot, Ash, Cardi- the 1960s-era buildings in the survey area . The St . nal, and Main streets, as well as on Ideal Court . Joan of Arc Catholic School was erected at 412 Fir These buildings are characterized by their wood Street in 1961 . The building occupied part of the framing members, pier foundations, and modest large tract of undeveloped farmland that encom- footprints . Setbacks generally are uniform and passed the northern and southern sides of West are consistent with earlier buildings . Of the 65 5th Street between Fir Street and Bradford Place . 1930s-era buildings, 32 are bungalows, 11 are Further subdivision and development of this tract cottages, 5 are freestanding commercial build- continued into the 2000s . Notably, whereas the ings, and 4 are double shotguns . As part of a na- vast majority of documented buildings dating tionwide trend, 11 minimal traditional cottages from the first half of the twentieth century have also were erected in the survey area during this a pier foundation, all 1960s-era buildings feature time . This building type became popular during a poured concrete-slab foundation . Furthermore,
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20 of the 26 documented 1960s buildings have ing commercial building, and one church . These a brick exterior . This marks a point of depar- buildings reflect LaPlace’s agricultural past and ture from previous decades in which most of the date from a time when the community was di- buildings in the survey area that retain their origi- vided among several large plantations . They pre- nal siding are clad in clapboard . Buildings dating dominantly are located on the eastern and western from the mid-1960s onwards tend to be at a larger ends of East 5th Street/Highway 628 and West 5th scale than earlier buildings, however, they gener- Street, with a more limited number also on Car- ally display a setback that is uniform with this dinal, Main, and Ash streets . Setback generally is earlier development . uniform, and lots vary in size and shape . A booming local economy during the 1970s The 1923-1968 period of significance begins is reflected in the construction of 20 new build- with the subdivision of Woodland Plantation in ings in the survey area along West 5th, Main, Sug- 1923 and captures a subsequent housing boom in ar Pine, Cedar, and Ash streets, as well as on East LaPlace that later was spurred by the completion 5th Street/Highway 628 and Orange Loop during of Airline Highway in 1933 . Although develop- this time . Predominant building types include ment of the survey area slowed slightly during ranch-type dwellings and freestanding commer- the 1940s and 1950s, a surge of new construction cial buildings . A nursing home also was built occurred during the 1960s as new industrial com- at 506 West 5th Street ca . 1975 on a part of the plexes erected along River Road strengthened the farmland tract to the north of the St . Joan of Arc local economy . The 1968 terminal date for the Catholic School . period encompasses these waves of residential Growth of LaPlace proceeded rapidly into development within LaPlace and also captures a the last decades of the twentieth century, with shift in the local economy from an agricultural 28 buildings being constructed during the 1980s emphasis to one based on industrial processing and another 13 during the 1990s . Building types and manufacturing . Furthermore, the 1968 end predominantly include freestanding commercial date coincides with 50-year cutoff date utilized buildings (n = 13), ranch dwellings (n = 8), ware- by the National Register and set forth in the St . houses (n = 3), mobile homes (n = 2), and apart- John the Baptist Parish Commission Ordinance ment buildings (n = 2). Several of the dwellings 17-27: Criteria for designation of historic dis- were built on the southern side of West 5th Street tricts and local landmarks (Section 114-28[d]) . A on the farmland tract to the east of the St . Joan of total of 121 documented buildings date from the Arc Catholic Church School . Twenty-nine build- 1923-1968 period of significance. Building types ings in the survey area were constructed between predominantly include 42 bungalows construct- ca . 2000 and ca . 2017, the vast majority of which ed between ca . 1925 and ca . 1935; 20 cottages comprise the late twentieth-century domestic ar- constructed between ca . 1930 and ca . 1965; 16 chitecture building type . The buildings are scat- freestanding commercial buildings constructed tered throughout the survey area, including along between ca . 1930 and ca . 1965; 15 minimal tradi- West 5th Street on the farmland tract between Fir tional cottages constructed between ca . 1930 and Street and Bradford Place . ca . 1940; 15 ranch-type dwellings constructed be- tween ca . 1955 and ca . 1965; and 4 double shot- Periods of Significance guns constructed between ca . 1930 and ca . 1935 . The developmental history of the survey The buildings are scattered on streets throughout area is defined by two periods of significance: the survey area and generally feature a setback 1793-1922 and 1923-1968 . The 1793-1922 pe- that is uniform with earlier construction . Lots riod corresponds to the construction of Woodland vary in size and shape . Plantation in 1793 and ends in 1922, the year prior to that plantation’s subdivision . Twenty- Contributing and Non-Contributing Resourc- one buildings fall within this period, including es the Woodland and Montegut plantation houses, Approximately 47 per cent of the resourc- ten cottages, seven bungalows, one freestand- es documented during survey retain sufficient
29 R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc. Contains Privileged Information -- Do Not Release Chapter V: Analysis and Recommendations integrity of location, design, setting, materials, resources are commercial buildings that were workmanship, feeling, and association to convey constructed after the period of significance on the their period of significance. These resources are northern side of West 5th Street between Fir Street considered contributing elements to the local La- and Bradford Place . Additionally, the eastern pe- Place Historic District (124 out of 265) (Figure ripheral portion of the current boundary includes 5 .1) . If replacement materials are present, the several vacant lots, a mobile home park, and buildings generally retain their original mass, buildings that were constructed after the period of scale, and form to convey their original construc- significance. These resources include 1116 High- tion periods . Non-contributing elements either way 628, 1108 Highway 628, 120 Ideal Court, were constructed after the periods of significance 500 Walnut Street, and 501 Walnut Street . (1793-1922, 1923-1968), or were constructed It is recommended that the Commission within the periods of significance and have lost consider altering the boundaries of the LaPlace integrity . Non-contributing elements comprise Historic District to exclude these resources in approximately 53 per cent of the total building the central area of the district north of West 5th stock (141 out of 265) . Contributing and non- Street and on the eastern periphery of the sur- contributing resources are presented in Appendix vey area . An alternate recommendation is that A . the Commission consider the creation of a dis- contiguous district with boundaries that start at Summary and Recommendations the southwestern boundary at 999 West 5th Street A total of 265 resources were documented and end at St . Joan of Arc Catholic School, then during survey of LaPlace, including 232 build- start at Bradford Place and end at the southeast- ings and 33 vacant lots . Of the 265 resources, 125 ern boundary at Willow Street . National Register are contributing elements to the local LaPlace guidelines on selecting district boundaries can Historic District, and 141 are non-contributing be found in National Register Bulletin Defining elements . A number of non-contributing resourc- Boundaries for National Register Properties and es are grouped in the central and eastern portions National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the Na- of the historic district, as depicted in Figure 5 .1 . tional Register Criteria for Evaluation . In the central area of the district, many of these
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Documented Resources in the LaPlace Survey Area Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 221 APRICOT STREET 400119300 1940 Building Contributing 231 APRICOT STREET 400537600 1930 Building Contributing 235 APRICOT STREET 400140900 1935 Building Contributing 243 APRICOT STREET 400022600 1920 Building Contributing UNKNOWN APRICOT STREET 400322500 N/A Site Non-Contributing 109-119 ASH STREET UNKNOWN 1970 Building Non-Contributing 117 ASH STREET 400077900 1930 Building Contributing 125 ASH STREET 400077900 1925 Building Contributing UNKNOWN CAMPHOR STREET 400242518 N/A Site Non-Contributing 505 CARDINAL STREET 400211489 1915 Building Contributing 601 CARDINAL STREET 400503000 1915 Building Non-Contributing 602 CARDINAL STREET 400164020 2000 Building Non-Contributing 604 CARDINAL STREET 400558300 2000 Building Non-Contributing 606 CARDINAL STREET 400396800 1980 Building Non-Contributing 608 CARDINAL STREET 400502700 2000 Building Non-Contributing 609 CARDINAL STREET 400481000 1940 Building Contributing 610 CARDINAL STREET 400239400 1930 Building Non-Contributing 616 CARDINAL STREET 400095200 1925 Building Contributing 617 CARDINAL STREET 9400012300 2000 Building Non-Contributing 617 CARDINAL STREET 9400012300 N/A Site Non-Contributing 620 CARDINAL STREET 9400012301 1960 Building Non-Contributing 624 CARDINAL STREET 400165100 1920 Building Contributing 740 CARDINAL STREET 400122514 1985 Building Non-Contributing 760 CARDINAL STREET 400178500 2000 Building Non-Contributing UNKNOWN CARDINAL STREET 400101715 N/A Site Non-Contributing 506 CEDAR STREET 400178991 1930 Building Contributing 507 CEDAR STREET 400153400 1955 Building Non-Contributing 609 CHICKADEE STREET 400528600 1980 Building Non-Contributing 141 COTTONWOOD STREET 410098700 1995 Building Non-Contributing 95-138 DOSIER COURT 400135500 1995 Building Non-Contributing 100 DOVE STREET 400250500 N/A Site Non-Contributing 102 EAST AIRLINE HIGHWAY 9400011500 1965 Building Non-Contributing 132 EAST AIRLINE HIGHWAY 400166200 1940 Building Contributing 200 EAST AIRLINE HIGHWAY 400211710 2010 Building Non-Contributing Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 342 ELM STREET 400376200 1990 Building Non-Contributing 361 ELM STREET 400008800 1965 Building Non-Contributing 412 FIR STREET UNKNOWN 1961 Building Contributing 6 HACKBERRY 410112100 2005 Building Non-Contributing 500 HEMLOCK STREET 400420300 1980 Building Non-Contributing 1031 HIGHWAY 628 UNKNOWN 1930 Building Contributing 1050 HIGHWAY 628 400383300 1935 Building Contributing 1052 HIGHWAY 628 400383200 1815 Building Contributing 1071 HIGHWAY 628 400383500 1970 Building Non-Contributing 1093-1095 HIGHWAY 628 400383700 1980 Building Non-Contributing 1103 HIGHWAY 628 400479400 1965 Building Contributing 1108 HIGHWAY 628 400021600 N/A Site Non-Contributing 1109 HIGHWAY 628 400336101 1965 Building Contributing 1113 HIGHWAY 628 400336100 1925 Building Contributing 1116 HIGHWAY 628 400405700 1980 Building Non-Contributing 1123 HIGHWAY 628 400336000 N/A Site Non-Contributing 1128 HIGHWAY 628 400136900 1793 Building Contributing 1133 HIGHWAY 628 400174890 1965 Building Contributing 1142 HIGHWAY 628 400016400 1965 Building Contributing 1152 HIGHWAY 628 400191800 1930 Building Contributing 1158 HIGHWAY 628 400211489 1900 Building Contributing 1168 HIGHWAY 628 400211700 1935 Building Contributing 1169 HIGHWAY 628 400055296 1930 Building Contributing 1178 HIGHWAY 628 400371100 1950 Building Contributing 1179 HIGHWAY 628 400251800 1935 Building Contributing 1189 HIGHWAY 628 400228410 1935 Building Contributing 1193 HIGHWAY 628 400536555 1925 Building Contributing 1197 HIGHWAY 628 400081600 1965 Building Non-Contributing 1199 HIGHWAY 628 400371300 2000 Building Non-Contributing 1205 HIGHWAY 628 400254400 1980 Building Non-Contributing 120 IDEAL COURT 400248366 1930 Building Non-Contributing 100 LANE A 400382080 2010 Building Non-Contributing 501 MAIN STREET 400235000 1975 Building Non-Contributing 505 MAIN STREET 400286210 1980 Building Non-Contributing Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 509 MAIN STREET 400286200 1980 Building Non-Contributing 520 MAIN STREET 400079601 1955 Building Contributing 600 MAIN STREET 400080000 1990 Building Non-Contributing 601 MAIN STREET 400308490 1980 Building Non-Contributing 603 MAIN STREET 400052100 1930 Building Contributing 604 MAIN STREET 9400008386 1965 Building Contributing 605 MAIN STREET 400373100 1930 Building Non-Contributing 607 MAIN STREET 400201101 1975 Building Non-Contributing 609 MAIN STREET 400527900 1930 Building Contributing 610 MAIN STREET 400358500 1925 Building Contributing 611 MAIN STREET 400202800 1935 Building Contributing 612 MAIN STREET 9400008385 1955 Building Non-Contributing 614 MAIN STREET 1400044900 1965 Building Contributing 625 MAIN STREET 400379400 1980 Building Non-Contributing 801-809 MAIN STREET 400386200 1950 Building Contributing 820 MAIN STREET 96140042533 1930 Building Contributing 104 MILTON STREET 400249600 2000 Building Non-Contributing 121 MILTON STREET 400422320 2000 Building Non-Contributing LOT B NEIL COURT UNKNOWN N/A Site Non-Contributing 116 NEWSPAPER ROAD 400043600 1980 Building Non-Contributing 402 ORANGE LOOP 400378800 1940 Building Contributing 404 ORANGE LOOP 400064400 1940 Building Non-Contributing 410 ORANGE LOOP 400009300 1970 Building Non-Contributing 171 SLEEPY REDWOOD STREET 400409500 1990 Building Non-Contributing 420 SUGAR PINE STREET 400537913 1975 Building Non-Contributing UNKNOWN SUGAR PINE STREET 9640442950 N/A Site Non-Contributing 500 WALNUT STREET 400327290 1985 Building Non-Contributing 501 WALNUT STREET 400284100 N/A Site Non-Contributing 105 WEST 5TH STREET 400432591 1990 Building Non-Contributing 109 WEST 5TH STREET 400289520 1965 Building Contributing 110 WEST 5TH STREET 400303100 1900 Building Contributing 111 WEST 5TH STREET 400506800 1960 Building Contributing 119 WEST 5TH STREET 9400000400 1935 Building Contributing 126 WEST 5TH STREET 400385800 1965 Building Contributing Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 127 WEST 5TH STREET 400059200 1935 Building Contributing 138 WEST 5TH STREET 400197400 1975 Building Non-Contributing 139 WEST 5TH STREET 400364790 1980 Building Non-Contributing 145 WEST 5TH STREET 400169500 1935 Building Non-Contributing 149 WEST 5TH STREET 400048500 1935 Building Contributing 152 WEST 5TH STREET 400384700 1965 Building Contributing 153 WEST 5TH STREET 400048100 1980 Building Non-Contributing 164 WEST 5TH STREET 400385600 1900 Building Contributing 165 WEST 5TH STREET 400095800 1935 Building Contributing 167 WEST 5TH STREET 400304690 1930 Building Contributing 177 WEST 5TH STREET 400120600 1935 Building Contributing 181 WEST 5TH STREET 400393300 1920 Building Contributing 182 WEST 5TH STREET 9400014000 1910 Building Contributing 191 WEST 5TH STREET 400312600 1930 Building Contributing 194 WEST 5TH STREET 400225990 1970 Building Non-Contributing 199 WEST 5TH STREET 400282525 1930 Building Contributing 202 WEST 5TH STREET 400386100 1935 Building Contributing 205 WEST 5TH STREET 9400016300 1975 Building Non-Contributing 216 WEST 5TH STREET 400096200 1940 Building Non-Contributing 217 WEST 5TH STREET 400373900 1975 Building Non-Contributing 221 WEST 5TH STREET 400054700 1935 Building Contributing 228 WEST 5TH STREET 400096100 1985 Building Non-Contributing 233 WEST 5TH STREET 400335320 2000 Building Non-Contributing 238 WEST 5TH STREET 400328520 2010 Building Non-Contributing 239 WEST 5TH STREET 400207300 N/A Site Non-Contributing 244 WEST 5TH STREET 400459600 1930 Building Contributing 247 WEST 5TH STREET 400428800 2005 Building Non-Contributing 254 WEST 5TH STREET 400055700 1990 Building Non-Contributing 255 WEST 5TH STREET 400385100 1920 Building Contributing 257 WEST 5TH STREET 400428800 1935 Building Contributing 262 WEST 5TH STREET 400229800 1960 Building Contributing 270 WEST 5TH STREET 400368400 2010 Building Non-Contributing 277 WEST 5TH STREET 400351902 1935 Building Contributing 278 WEST 5TH STREET 400352700 1911 Building Contributing Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 281 WEST 5TH STREET 400167900 1935 Building Contributing 289 WEST 5TH STREET 400566100 1935 Building Contributing 290 WEST 5TH STREET 400087500 1925 Building Contributing 295 WEST 5TH STREET 400223300 1935 Building Contributing 302 WEST 5TH STREET 400266300 1925 Building Contributing 306 WEST 5TH STREET 400399790 1930 Building Contributing 311 WEST 5TH STREET 400437900 1930 Building Contributing 314 WEST 5TH STREET 400385900 1995 Building Non-Contributing 317 WEST 5TH STREET 400255310 1930 Building Contributing 323 WEST 5TH STREET 400491300 1940 Building Contributing 328 WEST 5TH STREET 400006000 1980 Building Non-Contributing 329 WEST 5TH STREET 400529900 1935 Building Contributing 335 WEST 5TH STREET 400043300 1930 Building Contributing 338 WEST 5TH STREET 400375000 1935 Building Non-Contributing 341 WEST 5TH STREET 400046700 1965 Building Contributing 344 WEST 5TH STREET 400036000 1955 Building Contributing 347 WEST 5TH STREET 400352400 1970 Building Non-Contributing 349 WEST 5TH STREET 400526800 1965 Building Contributing 354 WEST 5TH STREET 400035001 N/A Site Non-Contributing 355 WEST 5TH STREET 400494600 1945 Building Contributing 367 WEST 5TH STREET 410090900 2010 Building Non-Contributing 372 WEST 5TH STREET 400035000 1980 Building Non-Contributing 383 WEST 5TH STREET 410100200 1995 Building Non-Contributing 400 WEST 5TH STREET 400035800 2000 Building Non-Contributing 401 WEST 5TH STREET 410133400 2000 Building Non-Contributing 409 WEST 5TH STREET 410003300 1985 Building Non-Contributing 421 WEST 5TH STREET 410074300 2015 Building Non-Contributing 430 WEST 5TH STREET 400405901 1970 Building Non-Contributing 437 WEST 5TH STREET 410042600 1980 Building Non-Contributing 456 WEST 5TH STREET 400004601 2000 Building Non-Contributing 492 WEST 5TH STREET 400459100 1990 Building Non-Contributing 494 WEST 5TH STREET 400459200 1990 Building Non-Contributing 506 WEST 5TH STREET 400531700 1975 Building Non-Contributing 546 WEST 5TH STREET 400035200 1910 Building Contributing Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 554 WEST 5TH STREET 400140600 1980 Building Non-Contributing 557 WEST 5TH STREET 400548590 1935 Building Contributing 563 WEST 5TH STREET 400264100 1935 Building Non-Contributing 566 WEST 5TH STREET 400139600 1965 Building Contributing 567 WEST 5TH STREET 400223600 1975 Building Non-Contributing 572 WEST 5TH STREET 400116220 1925 Building Contributing 587 WEST 5TH STREET 400153500 1935 Building Non-Contributing 593 WEST 5TH STREET 400183301 2000 Building Non-Contributing 598 WEST 5TH STREET 400260500 1930 Building Contributing 599 WEST 5TH STREET 400297866 1930 Building Contributing 605 WEST 5TH STREET 400331400 1975 Building Non-Contributing 613 WEST 5TH STREET 400387300 1980 Building Non-Contributing 615 WEST 5TH STREET 400270801 N/A Site Non-Contributing 619 WEST 5TH STREET 400274600 1935 Building Contributing 623 WEST 5TH STREET 400271010 1935 Building Contributing 626 WEST 5TH STREET 400414460 1975 Building Non-Contributing 629 WEST 5TH STREET 400406900 1935 Building Contributing 635 WEST 5TH STREET 400537700 N/A Site Non-Contributing 636 WEST 5TH STREET 400198110 1930 Building Non-Contributing 639 WEST 5TH STREET 400374500 1960 Building Contributing 640 WEST 5TH STREET 400133150 1930 Building Contributing 643 WEST 5TH STREET 400552400 N/A Site Non-Contributing 644 WEST 5TH STREET 400161500 1920 Building Contributing 650 WEST 5TH STREET 400242515 1930 Building Contributing 651 WEST 5TH STREET 400086900 1935 Building Contributing 659 WEST 5TH STREET 400303503 N/A Site Non-Contributing 665 WEST 5TH STREET 400303504 2005 Building Non-Contributing 668 WEST 5TH STREET 400242514 N/A Site Non-Contributing 671 WEST 5TH STREET 400303505 2005 Building Non-Contributing 677 WEST 5TH STREET 400303506 2005 Building Non-Contributing 678 WEST 5TH STREET 400510900 1920 Building Contributing 694 WEST 5TH STREET 400230100 1920 Building Contributing 698 WEST 5TH STREET 400230000 1980 Building Non-Contributing 705 WEST 5TH STREET 9640442775 2017 Building Non-Contributing Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 708 WEST 5TH STREET 400333890 1930 Building Contributing 712 WEST 5TH STREET 400229400 1940 Building Contributing 713 WEST 5TH STREET 9640442776 N/A Site Non-Contributing 719 & 721 WEST 5TH STREET 400498700 1975 Building Non-Contributing 720 WEST 5TH STREET 400229425 1930 Building Contributing 726 WEST 5TH STREET 400499711 2000 Building Non-Contributing 735 WEST 5TH STREET 400110600 1985 Building Non-Contributing 742 WEST 5TH STREET 400271800 1975 Building Non-Contributing 743 WEST 5TH STREET 400172390 2010 Building Non-Contributing 744 WEST 5TH STREET 400199200 1925 Building Contributing 748 WEST 5TH STREET 400271900 1965 Building Contributing 756 WEST 5TH STREET 400330500 N/A Site Non-Contributing 764 WEST 5TH STREET 400255200 1980 Building Non-Contributing 766 WEST 5TH STREET 400271400 1930 Building Contributing 769A-B WEST 5TH STREET 400547800 1950 Building Contributing 772 WEST 5TH STREET 400189800 1925 Building Contributing 775 WEST 5TH STREET 400189500 1935 Building Contributing 778 WEST 5TH STREET 400483100 1915 Building Contributing 781 WEST 5TH STREET 400312690 1935 Building Contributing 786 WEST 5TH STREET 400255700 1925 Building Contributing 799 WEST 5TH STREET 400272300 N/A Site Non-Contributing 808 WEST 5TH STREET 400298400 1935 Building Contributing 809 WEST 5TH STREET 400298300 2010 Building Non-Contributing 816 WEST 5TH STREET 400073700 1965 Building Contributing 818 WEST 5TH STREET 400333810 1920 Building Contributing 819 WEST 5TH STREET 400074400 1930 Building Contributing 825 WEST 5TH STREET 9640057515 2005 Building Non-Contributing 837 WEST 5TH STREET 400535300 N/A Site Non-Contributing 843 WEST 5TH STREET 400177100 1920 Building Contributing 845 WEST 5TH STREET 400395200 1915 Building Contributing 847 WEST 5TH STREET 400118700 1935 Building Contributing 850 WEST 5TH STREET 400550500 1910 Building Contributing 851 WEST 5TH STREET 400338700 1925 Building Contributing 862 WEST 5TH STREET 400202900 1995 Building Non-Contributing Street Number Street Name Tax Parcel Estimated Construction Date Resource Type Resource Count 868 WEST 5TH STREET 400245400 1985 Building Non-Contributing 872 WEST 5TH STREET 400139500 1920 Building Contributing 878 WEST 5TH STREET 400050500 1990 Building Non-Contributing 929 WEST 5TH STREET 400090300 1970 Building Non-Contributing 939 WEST 5TH STREET 400337100 1935 Building Contributing 943 WEST 5TH STREET 400333900 1975 Building Non-Contributing 957 WEST 5TH STREET 400525600 1940 Building Contributing 963 WEST 5TH STREET 400298000 1980 Building Non-Contributing 973 WEST 5TH STREET 400549200 1930 Building Contributing 981 WEST 5TH STREET 400426400 1985 Building Non-Contributing 987 WEST 5TH STREET 400075100 1965 Building Contributing 991 WEST 5TH STREET 400253400 1965 Building Contributing 999 WEST 5TH STREET 400426300 1965 Building Contributing LOT 1 C WEST 5TH STREET 400384900 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400223300 1935 Building Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400167600 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400008700 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400080500 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET UNKNOWN N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400375100 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET UNKNOWN N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400223100 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400189400 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400499711 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 9400010400 N/A Site Non-Contributing UNKNOWN WEST 5TH STREET 400040500 N/A Site Non-Contributing 101 WEST AIRLINE HIGHWAY 400183000 1965 Building Non-Contributing Appendix B
Previous Investigations in the LaPlace Survey Area Resource ID Number Address Date of Construction Date of Survey Surveyor 48-00375 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1880 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00376 110 West 5th St. ca.1900 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00377 Unknown West 5th St. 1919 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00378 278 West 5th St. ca.1910 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00379 290 West 5th St. ca.1925 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00380 302 West 5th St. 1931 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00381 306 West 5th St. ca.1924 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00382 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1895 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00383 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1920 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00385 317 West 5th St. ca.1930 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00386 311 West 5th St. ca.1930 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00387 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1934 Nov-83 Paul Leslie 48-00388 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1932 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00389 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1931 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00390 277 West 5th St. ca.1928 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00391 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1880 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00392 255 West 5th St. ca.1915 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00393 257 West 5th St. ca.1925 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00394 191 West 5th St. ca.1898 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00395 181 West 5th St. ca.1923 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00396 177 West 5th St. ca.1933 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00397 167 West 5th St. ca.1925 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00398 149 West 5th St. ca.1933 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00399 127 West 5th St. ca.1924 Dec-83 Paul Leslie 48-00417 Unknown Main St. ca.1929 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00418 Unknown Main St. ca.1930 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00421 505 Cardinal St. ca.1915 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00422 601 Cardinal St. ca.1910 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00423 Unknown Caridnal St. ca.1910 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00424 Unknown Caridnal St. ca.1910 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00425 Unknown Main St. ca.1920 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00426 820 Main St. 1929 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00427 Unknown at Cardinal St. and Airline Hwy. ca.1910 Jan-84 Paul Leslie Resource ID Number Address Date of Construction Date of Survey Surveyor 48-00428 Unknown at Cardinal St. and Airline Hwy. ca. 1930 Jan-84 Paul Leslie 48-00441 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1895 Feb-84 Paul Leslie 48-00443 Unknown Route 1 ca.1926 Feb-84 Paul Leslie 48-00444 Unknown Route 1 ca.1934 Feb-84 Paul Leslie 48-00445 Unknown Route 1 ca.1930 Feb-84 Paul Leslie 48-00455 Unknown Ash St. ca.1933 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00457 Unknown Apricot St. ca.1920 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00459 Unknown Apricot St. ca.1900 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00460 Unknown Apricot St. ca.1926 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00465 851 West 5th St. ca.1921 Mar-83 Paul Leslie 48-00466 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1890 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00467 843 West 5th St. ca.1924 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00468 845 West 5th St. ca.1910 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00469 Unknown Route 1 ca.1900 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00470 Unknown Route 1 ca.1930 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00472 819 West 5th St. ca.1934 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00473 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1925 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00474 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1920 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00475 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1928 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00476 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1925 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00477 546 West 5th St. ca. 1880, ca.1920 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00478 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1930 Mar-84 Paul Leslie 48-00479 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1934 Apr-84 Paul Leslie 48-00483 694 West 5th St. 1929 Apr-84 Paul Leslie 48-00484 708 West 5th St. 1929 Apr-84 Paul Leslie 48-00485 Unknown Route 1 (unclear street name) ca.1910 Apr-84 Paul Leslie 48-00488 778 West 5th St. ca.1915 Apr-84 Paul Leslie 48-00492 818 West 5th St. ca.1925 Apr-84 Paul Leslie 48-00493 Unknown West 5th St. ca.1930 Apr-84 Paul Leslie 48-01126 Unknown mid-late nineteenth century 6/22/1983 Eugene Cizek and B. Lemann
NB: Street numbers have been re-numerated since resources last were recorded; resources are identified by their current address, if known.