Possible Strategies for Recognition

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Possible Strategies for Recognition through the
National Register of Historic Places
1. Individual Nominations
2. Local Historic Districts
3. Thematic Nominations The Civil Rights Movement
4. Other Museums, Artists, Parks, and Gardens
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Criteria for Nomination of Buildings, Districts,
and Sites
1. The structure must be at least 50 years old,
and
2. Associated with important events in American
history, or...
3. Associated with the lives of notable people,
or...
4. It should exemplify architectural excellence
or a distinctive regional type.
5. Church properties, cemeteries and
commemorative sites are generally not
acceptable, nor are structures which have been
moved or substantially changed.
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OSBR Sites of Potential Nominations to the
Historic Register
South
South
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Terrace
Terrace
Delpit
Eddie Robinson Sr.
Highland
McKinley High School
Washington
Nicholson
Delpit
Highland
Magnolia Mound Plantation and McKinley High
School are on the National Historic Register
Magnolia Mound Plantation
Potential Nominations
Garfield
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Example Survey Form Dr. Leo Butler House
South
South
Dr. Leo Butler House
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Terrace
Terrace
Delpit
Eddie Robinson Sr.
Highland
McKinley High School
Washington
Nicholson
Delpit
Highland
Magnolia Mound Plantation
Magnolia Mound Plantation and McKinley High
School are on the National Historic Register
Potential Nominations
Garfield
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Example Survey Form No. 7 Dr. Leo Butlers House
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Historic District 1 Centered on Terrace and T.
Delpit
Maximillian
Delpit
Terrace
Commercial Structures by Ethnicity, 1950
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Historic District 1 Bonfanti Grocery Store
Maximillian
Delpit
Terrace
African American
Italian
White
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Historic District 1 Johnnys Liquor Store
Maximillian
Delpit
Terrace
African American
Italian
White
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Historic District 1 DiMattia Shoe Repair
Maximillian
Delpit
Terrace
African American
Italian
White
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Historic District 1 Cascio General Hardware
Maximillian
Delpit
Terrace
African American
Italian
White
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Historic District 2 Centered on Maximilian and
Julia
South
South
Napoleon
St. Joseph
Maximilian
Royal
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
African American
Maximilian
Napoleon
St. Joseph
Royal
White
Terrace
Terrace
Commercial and Residential Structures by
Ethnicity, 1950
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Historic District 2 Commercial and Residential
Structures by Ethnicity Detail
Maximilian
St. Joseph
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
East
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Historic District 2 Baranco Building
Maximilian
St. Joseph
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
East
African American
White
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Historic District 2 Baranco Residence
Maximilian
St. Joseph
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
East
African American
White
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Historic District 2 John M. Homes Residence An
Anglo-Creole Cottage
Maximilian
St. Joseph
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
East
African American
White
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Historic District 2 Swart Bungalow
Maximilian
St. Joseph
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
East
African American
White
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Historic District 2 A Shotgun House
Maximilian
St. Joseph
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
East
African American
White
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Historic District 2 Eddie G. Robinson House
Maximilian
St. Joseph
Myrtle
Myrtle
Julia
Julia
East
African American
White
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Thematic nominationsExample Civil Rights

• One Possibility A Civil Rights Trail
• This may highlight
• The Free Ride Route.
• Sites of Boycott Meetings
• a. McKinley High School
• b. Lincoln Theater
• The Gas Stations which provided fuel.
• Homes of Influential Leaders.

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OSBR Active in the Civil Rights Movement
The Bus Boycott of 1953
Riders gather in front of the Old State Capitol.
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OSBR Active in the Civil Rights Movement
Important Venues
Teacher Evelyn Baranco in front of McKinley High
School where many meetings were held.
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OSBR Active in the Civil Rights Movement
Important Venues
The Lincoln Theater, meeting place of community
leaders.
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OSBR Active in the Civil Rights Movement
The Bus Boycott of 1953
One of the gas stations which supported the Bus
Boycott
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A second possiblethematic nomination

• The urban vernacular architecture of
• Baton Rouge
• Bungalows
• Shotguns
• Baton Rouge Bungalows
• Creole houses

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Other possibilities for thematic recognition

• Artists of Old South Baton Rouge
• Museums
• Gardens, Parks and Cemeteries
• Social and Civic Organizations

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Artists of OSBR Community
Michael Smith Toothpick Man
Keith Douglas Cartoonman
Ronald Trahan Sculptor
Randell Henry Painter/sculptor
Anna Williams Quilter
Emerson Bell Sculptor/painter
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Old South Baton Rouge Museums
1. Magnolia Mound 2. McKinley High School
Museum 3. Rev. Jemison Civil Rights Museum
in the Lincoln Theater 4. The Odell S.
Williams Museum
The Odell S. Williams African American Museum
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Conclusions

• Old South Baton Rouge has a rich social and
  architectural heritage which deserves better
  recognition.
• One effective way of recognizing this heritage is
  to preserve sites and places of importance.
• That may be accomplished at no cost to the
  community through nominations to the national
  register of historic places.
• We have recommended some possibilities, but it is
  you, the members of the community, who must
  decide how preservation fits into your long-range
  goals.
• You must determine what to preserve, and how much.

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Special Thanks To

• The Leo Butler Center
• The Baton Rouge Area Foundation
• CUP - The Community - University Partnership
• Coordinator Pat Smith
• LSU Special Collections
• The Louisiana State Library
• Carolyn Bennett and the Foundation for Historic
  Louisiana
• Magnolia Mound Plantation
• The Cartographic Information Center
• at LSU.
• The Fred B. Kniffen Cultural Resources
• Lab at LSU.
• Womens and Gender Studies at LSU
• LSU College of Education
• Baton Rouge Planning Commission
• Baton Rouge Public Library, Bluebonnet Branch