United States Post Office and Courthouse (Shreveport, Louisiana)
historic building in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Shreveport, Louisiana, was built in 1910. It was designed in Italian Renaissance architecture style by James K. Taylor and James A. Wetmore. It served historically as a courthouse and as a post office.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and became a contributing property of Shreveport Commercial Historic District at the time of its creation on March 11, 1982.
In 1974 all federal offices vacated the building. It is currently a branch of the Shreve Memorial Library.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7891106. Authority coordinates are 32.512, -93.750. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1910, 1974 and 1982.
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