Excelsior (Oak Ridge, Louisiana)

Coordinates: 32°37′37″N 91°46′22″W / 32.62688°N 91.77287°W / 32.62688; -91.77287
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Excelsior
Italianate
NRHP reference No.89001387[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1989

Excelsior, at 317 North Oak Street (

contributing buildings.[1]

It was built as a wood frame five bay Italianate cottage in the hamlet of Oak Ridge, in an open rural setting among delta cotton fields. It was expanded by gable-fronted flanking sections joined by extension of the front gallery floor, each with an Italianate facade. The enlarged building was advertised as the Excelsior Hotel in 1880.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Excelsior" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1989. Retrieved June 12, 2017. with three photos and two maps