South Main St, St. Martinville, LA
**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.
132 South Main. Circa 1875. Two-story brick galleried commercial building. Originally residential upstairs and commercial downstairs. Square gallery posts and handsome French doors. Ground floor commercial facade recently reworked.
130 South Main. Circa 1850. Pair of two-story, four-bay brick buildings. Originally built for business on lower floor and residence on upper. Double chimney and gabled parapet. Turned Sheraton style wood columns on upper gallery. Wood railings replaced with cast-iron. Ground floor facade recently reworked. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/83000542.pdf
South Main St, St. Martinville, LA
**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.
132 South Main. Circa 1875. Two-story brick galleried commercial building. Originally residential upstairs and commercial downstairs. Square gallery posts and handsome French doors. Ground floor commercial facade recently reworked.
130 South Main. Circa 1850. Pair of two-story, four-bay brick buildings. Originally built for business on lower floor and residence on upper. Double chimney and gabled parapet. Turned Sheraton style wood columns on upper gallery. Wood railings replaced with cast-iron. Ground floor facade recently reworked. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/83000542.pdf