North 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.
101 North Main Street. Circa 1910 two-story brick commercial building. Shallow arches over windows. Dentil cornice treatment. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/83000542.pdf
North 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.
101 North Main Street. Circa 1910 two-story brick commercial building. Shallow arches over windows. Dentil cornice treatment. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/83000542.pdf