Crowley Historic District
LA 13 and U.S. 90, Crowley, LAThe Crowley Historic District is significant in the area of architecture as the largest, most complete, architecturally pretentious, and visually impressive example of a late-nineteenth to early-twentieth-century town in a 7 parish area. These include the parishes of Acadia, Lafayette, Jefferson Davis, Allen, Evangeline, St. Landry, and Vermilion. It is the only historic town in this region in which the residential area and the commercial area are both well-preserved and impressive.
Local significance of the district:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.