South Main St, St. Martinville, LA5
**St. Martinville Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 83000542, date listed 1983-01-27
LA 96 and LA 31
St. Martinville, LA (St. Martin Parish
There are forty-two buildings within the boundaries of the St. Martinville Historic District, three-fourths of which date from c.1820 to c.1910. The two major elements in the district are the church square and the surrounding old commercial-residential sector, There are ten intrusions, but they do not significantly threaten the district's overall historic character.
Like many French Catholic settlements in Louisiana, the town of St. Martinville grew around a central church complex. The two block church square contains the 1840 Romanesque inspired church, the Greek Revival parish hall and the 1857 rectory in a park like setting with large overhanging live oak trees.
102 South Main. Circa 1895-1900. Queen Anne Revival residence. One-and one-half stories with Eastlake columns on raised curving gallery. Octagonal side turret with flared shingled skirting at the tip and surmounted by pressed tin onion dome. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/83000542.pdf
South Main St, St. Martinville, LA5
**St. Martinville Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 83000542, date listed 1983-01-27
LA 96 and LA 31
St. Martinville, LA (St. Martin Parish
There are forty-two buildings within the boundaries of the St. Martinville Historic District, three-fourths of which date from c.1820 to c.1910. The two major elements in the district are the church square and the surrounding old commercial-residential sector, There are ten intrusions, but they do not significantly threaten the district's overall historic character.
Like many French Catholic settlements in Louisiana, the town of St. Martinville grew around a central church complex. The two block church square contains the 1840 Romanesque inspired church, the Greek Revival parish hall and the 1857 rectory in a park like setting with large overhanging live oak trees.
102 South Main. Circa 1895-1900. Queen Anne Revival residence. One-and one-half stories with Eastlake columns on raised curving gallery. Octagonal side turret with flared shingled skirting at the tip and surmounted by pressed tin onion dome. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/83000542.pdf