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Colonial Sugars Company, Power House, Gramercy, St. James Parish, LA

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Summary

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry

Significance: Designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White in 1929, the POWER HOUSE features handsome neo-classical articulation with a rusticated base and two story piano noble culminating in a more or less full entablature and a pediment with parapet. Its Doric pilasters are coupled at the ends of the facade. The piano noble is a two story space which contains three steam turbine generators, the oldest of which was built by General Electric and installed in 1930. The power house acquired a rear addition with a fourth generator in 1968.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N370

Survey number: HABS LA-1264-A

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94000858

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Branch, Dan P, faculty sponsor
University of Southwestern Louisiana, School of Art & Architecture, sponsor
place

Location

Gramercy (La.) ,  30.04742, -90.68981
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Library of Congress
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steam power plants gramercy la colonial sugars colonial sugars company power house gramercy parish james parish dan p branch historic american buildings survey school of art and architecture university of southwestern louisiana photo historic american landscapes survey historic american engineering record saint james st james pilasters louisiana architectural diagrams engineering diagrams library of congress national register of historic places