Downtown Details
Downtown Lafayette is full of historic buildings with incredible details. Here are a few examples. Visit Downtown Lafayette to see these and many more.
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| Oppenheiemer Building (The Baltimore Clothing House), 400 Main Street, 1914 (facade) | First Merchants National Bank, 316 Main Street, 1917-1918. H. H. Waterman of Chicago, architect. |
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| First Baptist Church, NE corner Seventh and North Streets, 1872 | Tea Flats, NE corner Sixth and Columbia Streets, 1895 |
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| Heath Bank Block, 534 Main, c.1870 & 208-210 N. 6th, c.1870 | Orth Block, 209 N. 4th, c.1865 |
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| Murdock Building, 226 N. 6th, 1895/1914 (present terra cotta facade) | J. C. Penney / Commerce Building, 222-224 Main, c.1920 (demolished April, 2005) |
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| Ruger Building, 416 Main, c.1860/1920 (was identical to 420 Main next door) | 420 Main, c.1860 |
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| 422-424 Main, c.1858 (former PackRat at right) | Carnahan Building (Foster Furniture Co. / Lafayette Brewing Co.), 622 Main, 1892-1893 |
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| Heath Bank Block (McCord's Candies), 534 Main, c.1870. Galvinized iron manufactured by Sale & Horn. | Hotel Fowler, NE corner Fourth and Ferry, 1914-1915, H. Ziegler Dietz of St. Louis, architect. |
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| Central (originally Second) Presbyterian Church, SE corner Columbia and Seventh Streets, 1893-1894 | Lahr House (hotel), 501-517 Main Street, 1861 wing (left), c.1882 main building (right) |
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| Earl & Hatcher Block, 10 N. Second Street, 1865 | Monon Depot, 328 N. Fifth Street, 1901 |
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| Post Office, 301 Ferry Street, 1931. Walter Scholer, architect. | Milwaukee Block (built for James Spears), 502-518 Columbia, 1866 |