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Houma/Terrbonne Parish Courthouse, Houma, LA.
The building was commissioned in 1937 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, part of a national effort to pull the country out of the Great Depression by putting people to work on public projects. Construction began on the project May 10, 1937, and wrapped up by June 1938. The concrete, art-deco-style courthouse has three stories — four if you count the basement, an unusual feature in south
Louisiana, where watery soil discourages building below ground level. A Depression-era mural in the second-floor courtroom highlights labor’s contribution to the nation.
Houma/Terrbonne Parish Courthouse, Houma, LA.
The building was commissioned in 1937 as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, part of a national effort to pull the country out of the Great Depression by putting people to work on public projects. Construction began on the project May 10, 1937, and wrapped up by June 1938. The concrete, art-deco-style courthouse has three stories — four if you count the basement, an unusual feature in south
Louisiana, where watery soil discourages building below ground level. A Depression-era mural in the second-floor courtroom highlights labor’s contribution to the nation.