Abita Springs Historic District

Coordinates: 30°28′35″N 90°02′13″W / 30.476389°N 90.036944°W / 30.476389; -90.036944
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Abita Springs Historic District
Abita Springs Historic District is located in Louisiana
Abita Springs Historic District
Abita Springs Historic District is located in the United States
Abita Springs Historic District
LocationLA 36, LA 59, and LA 435, Abita Springs, Louisiana
Coordinates30°28′35″N 90°02′13″W / 30.476389°N 90.036944°W / 30.476389; -90.036944
Area162 acres (66 ha)
Built byMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.82004622[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1982

The Abita Springs Historic District, in Abita Springs in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, is a 162 acres (66 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It included 180 contributing buildings.[1]

It is roughly bounded by North, Cypress, Laurell, Highway 36, Eighth, Sixth, Seventh, St. Mary and Third Streets and the Abita River.[2]

It includes Colonial Revival, Stick/eastlake, Queen Anne architecture.

The town was developed as a vacation refuge for middle class residents of New Orleans. Most residences are in walking distance to the Abita River and the springs which were the original attraction of the town, churches, the commercial district and train depot.

It includes a large number of turn-of-the-20th-century shotguns and North Shore type houses, many with Eastlake or Colonial Revival-style porches. There are some more substantial Queen Anne and Colonial Revival buildings, which are "few in number and are in no way extravagant", and which feature porches as well.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Abita Springs Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1982. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2017. with four photos and two maps Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine