City Hall (former) – Lafayette LA

City:
Lafayette, LA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1939

Designers:
Favrot and Reed, Frederick J Nehrbass

Description

This stunning art deco building replaced and modernized an older city hall building. It was constructed by the PWA in 1939. The building is now the Centre International de Lafayette.

Source notes

Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal , 1984.

Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on May 4, 2014.

Location Info


735 Jefferson St.
Lafayette, LA 70501
Contra Costa County

Coordinates: 30.221847, -92.01855

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