Greensburg Land Office - Greensburg, LA
N 30° 49.717 W 090° 40.017
15R E 723153 N 3412938
Located in the Courthouse Square (William Kendrick Square) in the middle of Greensburg. Thats the intersection of State Highway 43 and Highway 10. Now houses the Veterans Affairs office.
Waymark Code: WM4Y1B
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2008
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In the court house square area of Greensburg,LA. Very easy to find, lots of easy parking withing 2 or 3 blocks, fine small community setting for enjoyment. The building was closed, the the grounds were well maintained and the exterior was nicely kept.
Here is a little history, taken from the Register application I found
Land Office.The Greensburg Land Office is significant in the area of architecture as a good example of a
small rural office building in the Greek Revival style. It is of a type commonly found in the Eastern
states as well as in nearby Lawyer's Row in Clinton (NHL), but which is seldom in other parts of
Louisiana. Although some towns had them, all but a few were sacrificed to downtown
redevelopment in the later nineteenth century.
The Greensburg Land Office is also significant because it housed the St. Helena District
Land Office, which serviced the entire Florida Parishes. Although Congress had in 1812 organized a
land district out of the Florida Parishes, no provision had been made for the surveying of the private
claims and public lands in this area. On March 3, 1819, however, Congress officially named this
region the St. Helena District and provided for its survey. It was here that Florida Parish residents
applied for American patents to their lands. In fact, this can be seen as but one of the many steps
involved in the Americanization of Louisiana. In 1843 the land office was removed from Greensburg
to Baton Rouge.