The Riviere Building is a historic commercial building located at 405 West 3rd Street in
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Thibodaux ( ) is a city in, and the parish seat of, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern part of the parish. The population was 15,948 at the 2020 census. Thibodaux is a principal c ...
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Built in 1900, the structure is a two-story brick
Italianate
The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italia ...
style commercial building with an elaborate pressed metal front.
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21 photos and 16 maps
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) The facade has been completely restored sometime between 2013 and 2016.
The building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
on March 5, 1986.
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It is one of 14 individually NRHP-listed properties in the "Thibodaux Multiple Resource Area",][ which also includes:
*]Bank of Lafourche Building
The Bank of Lafourche Building, also known as the Oil & Gas Building, is a historic commercial building located at 206 Green Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Built in 1897, the building is a two-story brick Italianate style commercial building wi ...
*Breaux House
The Breaux House is a historic mansion located at 401 Patriot Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Built in the 1890s, the house is a single story frame Queen Anne Revival building with Eastlake gallery posts. wit21 photos and 16 maps. (See alsscann ...
* Building at 108 Green Street
*Chanticleer Gift Shop
The Chanticleer Gift Shop is a historic house located at 103 West 3rd Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Built in c.1900, the structure is a single story frame residence in Queen Anne Revival style with Eastlake gallery details. wit21 photos and 16 ...
*Citizens Bank of Lafourche
The Citizens Bank of Lafourche, also known as the Citizens Finance Corporate Building, is a historic commercial building located at 413 West 4th Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Built in 1910, the building is a single story brick commercial buildin ...
* Grand Theatre
* Lamartina Building
* McCulla House
*Peltier House
The Peltier House is a historic house located at 403 Canal Boulevard in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Built between 1910 and 1914, the house is a -story frame residence in Colonial Revival style. The front gallery features Ionic columns on brick bases. ...
* Percy-Lobdell Building
*Riviere House
The Riviere House is a historic house located at 208 Canal Boulevard in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Built in 1900, the house is a -story frame residence in Queen Anne Revival style with Eastlake gallery curving around the front and side of the house. ...
*Robichaux House
The Robichaux House is a historic house located at 322 East 2nd Street in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Built in 1898, the house is a two-story frame residence in Queen Anne Revival style with Eastlake gallery details, three polygonal bays and two chimn ...
* St. Joseph Co-Cathedral and Rectory
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References
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Commercial buildings completed in 1900
Italianate architecture in Louisiana
Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
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