Old Post Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	355 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°26′51″N 91°11′14″W / 30.44743°N 91.18722°W / 30.44743; -91.18722
Area	0.16 acres (0.065 ha)
Built	1895
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
Part of	Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District (ID09000899)
NRHP reference No.	80001718[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 9, 1980
Designated CP	November 10, 2009

The Baton Rouge City Club, also known as the Old Post Office, is a historic three-story building at 355 North Blvd in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was built in 1895 as a U.S. post office building.

Its NRHP nomination asserts:

The Old Post Office is one of the finest and most pretentious examples of turn-of-the-[20th]-century Renaissance Revival architecture in the state. Few other comparable buildings in Louisiana can boast such a high degree of stylistic sophistication and close adherence to Italian prototypes and such extensive use of terra cotta ornamentation, In its day, its design stood at the forefront of architectural development in the state.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980.^[1] It was also included in the Downtown Baton Rouge Historic District at the time of its creation on November 10, 2009.^[3]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

• Media related to City Club of Baton Rouge at Wikimedia Commons

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