Federal Building (Ruston, Louisiana)

The Federal Building, also known as the Old Post Office, is a historic institutional building located at 201 North Vienna Street in Ruston, Louisiana.

Federal Building
Location201 North Vienna Street, Ruston, Louisiana
Coordinates32°31′48″N 92°38′18″W
Area0.33 acres (0.13 ha)
Built1909
ArchitectJames Knox Taylor
Part ofDowntown Ruston Historic District (ID100000598)
NRHP reference No.74000926[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 9, 1974
Designated CPJanuary 31, 2017

Built in 1909 to host Ruston Post Office, the structure is a small one-story rectangular limestone building with a hipped roof featuring circular dormers. The building was vacated about 1961 when a new post office was built, and was then used since 1963 as a federal office building.[2][3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1974.[1] It was also declared a contributing property of Downtown Ruston Historic District at the time of its creation on January 31, 2017.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Federal Building" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 17, 2018. with a photo and a map
  3. Samuel Wilson, Jr. (March 10, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Federal Building". National Park Service. Retrieved July 17, 2018. With three photos from 1973.
  4. Kristi Lumpkin (September 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Downtown Ruston Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018. with 34 photos and two maps Archived 2018-07-17 at the Wayback Machine


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