Louisiana Buildings, 1720-1940
Subtitle: The Historic American Buildings Survey
Contributors: Jessie Poesch (Editor); Barbara Sorelle Bacot (Editor)
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9780807120545
Subjects: History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; 20th century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General; Vernacular Architecture; History - U.S.; U.S. Architecture - South; Art; USA; History - General History; United States - General; Architecture; Decoration and ornament, Archi; Decoration and ornament, Architectural; Historic buildings; Louisiana
Description: The only New Deal program to continue into the 1990s, the Historic American Buildings Survey has through the years drawn attention to the historic and artistic significance of buildings that contemporary taste might otherwise have ignored. Louisiana Buildings, 1720-1940 makes easily available the fruit of HABS's important and enduring efforts to record Louisiana's architectural heritage.

An invaluable part of Louisiana Buildings, 1720-1940 is the alphabetical listing of HABS structures in Louisiana both by familiar name and by parish. The listing by parish gives the location, the date of construction, the architect when known, and the current status of each building. It also presents drawings or photographs of many of the structures, over three hundred pictures in all.