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Freetown-Port Rico Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by East University Avenue, Lee Avenue, Garfield Street, Taft Street, Drain Street, East Pinhook Road, Guidry Street, Refinery Street, Lucille Avenue, Jefferson Street and Coolidge Street, Lafayette, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°13′05″N 92°00′52″W / 30.21813°N 92.01443°W / 30.21813; -92.01443
Area	220 acres (89 ha)
NRHP reference No.	15000694
Added to NRHP	February 2, 2016

The Freetown-Port Rico Historic District is a historic district located in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana.

The 220 acre area included 677 contributing buildings and 197 non-contributing buildings, as well as one contributing structure. The district comprises residential, commercial and institutional buildings with styles typical of late 19th to early 20th century southern towns, including Folk Victorian, Colonial Revival, Neo-classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Eclectic, Bungalow/Craftsman, Minimal Traditional, Ranch and Commercial.

The area includes some properties associated with Southwestern Louisiana Institute (SLI), a school founded in 1900 which later became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Despite being inside the area, the individually listed First United Methodist Church is not considered part of the historic district.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 2016.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Program - Freetown-Port Rico Historic District". National Park Service.
3. ^ Laura Ewen Blokker (June 29, 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Freetown-Port Rico Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 1, 2017. with 57 photos from 2013-2014 and two maps Archived July 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (Text and photos also available from National Park Service.)

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