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Historic Federal Courthouses

Opelousas, Louisiana (1891)

U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Louisiana (1893-1911)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (1893-1967)

Architect: Jeremiah O'Rourke
Extension completed in 1933

Source: 
U.S. Treasury Department, A History of Public Buildings (Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1901): 216-17.
Higher Resolution: 
File LA-Opelousas_HPB.tif
Source: 
National Archives, RG 121-BS, Box 38, Folder G (1933)