The building at 513-515, now known as the Lanford Building, after former owner T. B. Lanford, was built in 1907 by Joseph Dambley, a Shreveport photographer. The lower level served as Dambley's studios, the upper floors were leased out. A rather simple facade of buff brick characterizes this three story building.
Ornamentation is non- existent.
This was not always the case. Early photographs show that the building originally had a recessed gallery across its middle level. Five stone Romanesque arches were the gallery's defining feature. Above, in the center of the third level, was a small Neo-Classical portico. Both the portico and the arched gallery below had cast iron balustrades.