Shreveport Commercial Historic District (ID82002760)
NRHP reference No.
91000624[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
May 28, 1991
Designated NHL
October 6, 2008[2]
Designated CP
May 16, 1997[3]
Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium is a historic performance and meeting venue at 705 Elvis Presley Boulevard in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is an Art Deco building constructed between 1926 and 1929 during the administration of Mayor Lee Emmett Thomas as a memorial to the servicemen of World War I.[4] In 1991, the auditorium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and on October 6, 2008, it was designated a National Historic Landmark.[2][5]
The building also became a contributing property of Shreveport Commercial Historic District when its boundaries were increased on May 16, 1997.[3]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ab"Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
^ ab"Shreveport Commercial Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
^Brock, Eric J.: "Municipal Auditorium Now Being Restored." The Times, 1994-09-17
^Patricia Duncan; Jody Cook & Caridad de la Vega (March 2007). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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