Ferriday Commercial Historic District

Ferriday Commercial Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Historic buildings on 100 block Louisiana Avenue.
31°37′46″N 91°33′10″W / 31.62933°N 91.55269°W / 31.62933; -91.55269
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	94001584[1]
Added to NRHP	January 27, 1995

The 'Ferriday Commercial Historic District in Ferriday, Louisiana is the historic portion of what was the only surviving commercial center in large but rural Concordia Parish. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1] The district included 21 buildings, all older than 50 years, as contributing buildings.^[2][3]

The buildings are one- and two-story masonry commercial buildings, within a two block area, and were built between c.1905 and c.1940.^[2][3]

One contributing building is the U.S. Post Office (1939), a one-story brick French Classical Revival building. It has false chimneys and arched windows. Its interior has Works Project Administration murals.^[2][3]

Three of the contributing buildings, the one at 909 South 2nd Street and two adjoining commercial buildings along South 1st Street, are no more existing and disappeared at some time after the district was created .

The historical district contains a total of 21 contributing properties, built c.1905 to c.1940:^[2][3]

• U.S. Post Office, now Louisiana Delta Music Museum, 218 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′13″W / 31.62966°N 91.55358°W / 31.62966; -91.55358 (Ferriday Post Office), built 1939.
• Building at 210 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′11″W / 31.62965°N 91.55304°W / 31.62965; -91.55304 (210 Louisiana Avenue), built 1923–1926.
• Building at 208 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′11″W / 31.62965°N 91.55295°W / 31.62965; -91.55295 (208 Louisiana Avenue), built 1923–1926.
• Building at 204 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′10″W / 31.62965°N 91.55288°W / 31.62965; -91.55288 (204 Louisiana Avenue), built 1923–1926.
• Vogt's Ferriday Drug Store, 200 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′10″W / 31.62965°N 91.5528°W / 31.62965; -91.5528 (Vogt's Ferriday Drug Store), built before 1923.
• Building at 906 South 2nd Street, 31°37′46″N 91°33′10″W / 31.62946°N 91.55281°W / 31.62946; -91.55281 (906 South 2nd Street), built 1926–1938.
• Wilson's Printing, 902 South 2nd Street, 31°37′45″N 91°33′10″W / 31.62915°N 91.55286°W / 31.62915; -91.55286 (Wilson's Printing), built 1926–1938.
• Building at 909 South 2nd Street, 31°37′46″N 91°33′09″W / 31.62937°N 91.55252°W / 31.62937; -91.55252 (909 South 2nd Street), built 1923–1926. No more existing.
• Building at 911 South 2nd Street, 31°37′46″N 91°33′09″W / 31.62947°N 91.55253°W / 31.62947; -91.55253 (911 South 2nd Street), built 1926–1938.
• Building at 913 South 2nd Street, 31°37′46″N 91°33′09″W / 31.62954°N 91.55253°W / 31.62954; -91.55253 (913 South 2nd Street), built 1923–1926.
• Building at 124-128 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′09″W / 31.62964°N 91.55249°W / 31.62964; -91.55249 (124-128 Louisiana Avenue), built before 1923. Front quite altered from 1994 photo in NRHP form.
• Building at 120 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′08″W / 31.62964°N 91.55233°W / 31.62964; -91.55233 (120 Louisiana Avenue), built before 1923.
• Concordia Drugs, 114-116 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′08″W / 31.62964°N 91.55216°W / 31.62964; -91.55216 (Concordia Drugs), built before 1923.
• Building #1 at 110 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′07″W / 31.62964°N 91.55194°W / 31.62964; -91.55194 (110 Louisiana Avenue #1), built 1923–1926.
• Building #2 at 110 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′07″W / 31.62964°N 91.55183°W / 31.62964; -91.55183 (110 Louisiana Avenue #2), built 1926–1938.
• Ferriday Dental Clinic, 104 Louisiana Avenue, 31°37′47″N 91°33′06″W / 31.62964°N 91.5517°W / 31.62964; -91.5517 (Ferriday Dental Clinic), built before 1923.
• Commercial Building #1, 31°37′46″N 91°33′06″W / 31.62944°N 91.5517°W / 31.62944; -91.5517 (Commercial Building #1), built 1923–1926. No more existing.
• Commercial Building #2, 31°37′46″N 91°33′06″W / 31.62935°N 91.5517°W / 31.62935; -91.5517 (Commercial Building #2), built 1926–1938. No more existing.
• Commercial Building #3, 31°37′45″N 91°33′06″W / 31.6291°N 91.5517°W / 31.6291; -91.5517 (Commercial Building #3), built c.1940.
• Commercial Building #4, 31°37′44″N 91°33′06″W / 31.62897°N 91.5517°W / 31.62897; -91.5517 (Commercial Building #4), built 1923–1926.
• Myer Discount House, 31°37′43″N 91°33′06″W / 31.62857°N 91.5517°W / 31.62857; -91.5517 (Myer Discount House), built before 1923.

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