Louisiana - Jefferson County - Vacant / Not In Use
Jefferson County Louisiana (Vacant / Not In Use) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fort Livingston and Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive #745, Camp Parapet Powder Magazine, Felix-Block Building and Kenner High School, Old.

The famous person Jean Lafitte is associated with one of more of the Jefferson County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Jefferson County places including Lieut. H.G. Wright, Col. Joseph Gilbert Totten, Southern Pacific Railroad, Maj. Martin Luther Smith and William T. Nolan. Prominent architectural styles found in Jefferson Country are Classical Revival and Italianate.

Camp Parapet Powder Magazine (added 1977 - - #77000671)
Arlington St., E of Causeway Blvd. , Metairie
Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Arms Storage
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Felix-Block Building (added 1985 - - #85001587)
303 Williams Blvd. , Kenner
Flickr upload bot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Fort Livingston (added 1974 - - #74000925)
W tip of Grande Terre Island , Grand Isle
Infrogmation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Totten,Col. Joseph Gilbert, Wright,Lieut. H.G.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Lafitte,Jean,et al.
Significant Year:
1841
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Kenner High School, Old (added 2008 - - #08000014)
1601 Rev. Richard Wilson , Kenner
Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Nolan, William T.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive #745 (added 1998 - - #98001077)
Spur line off Jefferson Hwy., between Betz Ave. and CoolidgeSt. , Jefferson
Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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