New Orleans Upper Central Business District


The New Orleans Upper Central Business District, also known simply as Upper Central Business District, is a historic district of New Orleans, Louisiana which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The original listed area is roughly bounded by O'Keefe, Poydras, Convention Center Blvd., and the Expressway. Along with the NRHP-listed New Orleans Lower Central Business District to the north, across the redeveloped Poydras Street, it is included within the larger New Orleans Central Business District area.
The original area listed in 1990 included more than 400 contributing buildings and one contributing site on. This area combined two previously certified areas, the Warehouse District and the Lafayette Square District.
21 resources in the district were already separately listed on the National Register.
These included:
A boundary increase in 1993 added 23 contributing buildings and six non-contributing ones on.
A second boundary increase in 2008 added two more contributing buildings on less than one acre. The twice-amended district includes 437 contributing buildings and 70 non-contributing ones, one contributing site and one non-contributing one, and three non-contributing structures.
Architecture: Early Commercial, Greek Revival, Italianate
Other names: See Also:77000674;76000970;74002250;74000936;83004190;740009
Historic function: Domestic; INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION ; COMMERCE/TRADE
Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Manufacturing Facility; Warehouse
Criteria: event, architecture/engineering
The Upper Central Business District
Location: Jct. of Howard and St. Charles Aves. and along O'Keefe Ave. and Poydras St.
Date added: August 12, 1993
Architecture: Early Commercial, Italianate, Romanesque
Historic function: Domestic; INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION ; COMMERCE/TRADE
Historic subfunction: Single Dwelling; Manufacturing Facility; Warehouse
The Upper Central Business District
Location: Roughly bounded by O'Keefe, Poydras, Convention Center Blvd., St. Rt. 90 and Howard Ave.
Year of construction: 1940
Date added: August 6, 2008
Architect: Freret and Wolf; Edward B. Silverstein
Architecture: Colonial Revival, International Style, Vernacular
Historic function: Government; GOVERNMENT ; EDUCATION ; LANDSCAPE ; COMMERCE/TRADE ; COMMERCE/TRADE ; COMMERCE/TRADE
Historic subfunction: Warehouse; Post Office; Monument/marker; Park; Specialty Store; Fire Station; Business
Criteria: event, architecture/engineering
Less than one acre
Number of contributing buildings: 2