Merchants and Planters Bank (Lockport, Louisiana)

The Merchants and Planters Bank, also known as the Old LP&L District Office Building and now hosting the Bayou LaFourche Folklife and Heritage Museum is a historic bank building located at 110 Main Street in Lockport, Louisiana.

Merchants and Planters Bank
Merchants and Planters Bank (Lockport, Louisiana) is located in Louisiana
Merchants and Planters Bank (Lockport, Louisiana)
Merchants and Planters Bank (Lockport, Louisiana) is located in the United States
Merchants and Planters Bank (Lockport, Louisiana)
Location110 Main Street, Lockport, Louisiana
Coordinates29°38′50″N 90°32′20″W / 29.64725°N 90.53884°W / 29.64725; -90.53884
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.95000297[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 30, 1995

Built in 1910, the two-story masonry structure in Classical Revival style is one of the oldest extant buildings in downtown Lockport as it survived the 1916 Lockport fire.[2][3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1995.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Merchants and Planters Bank" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 12, 2018. with three photos and two maps
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Merchants and Planters Bank". National Park Service. Retrieved June 11, 2018. With accompanying pictures
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