The Bank of Ville Platte, also known as La Banc de la Ville Platte, is a historic bank building located at 102 West Main Street in Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana.

Bank of Ville Platte
Bank of Ville Platte is located in Louisiana
Bank of Ville Platte
Bank of Ville Platte is located in the United States
Bank of Ville Platte
Location102 West Main Street, Ville Platte, Louisiana
Coordinates30°41′18″N 92°16′28″W / 30.68828°N 92.27437°W / 30.68828; -92.27437
Arealess than one acre
Built1907
Built byCharles Thibodeaux
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.04001469[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 2005

Built in 1907, it is a one-story masonry building prominent on a corner of two main streets in Ville Platte, which became the parish seat when Evangeline Parish separated from St. Landry Parish in 1910. It is designed to face with presentable facades onto both streets. It has Italianate treatments at its windows and doorways.[2][3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 2005.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Bank of Ville Platte / La Banc de la Ville Platte" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2017. with four photos and a map Archived 2018-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ National Register Staff (August 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Bank of Ville Platte". National Park Service. Retrieved May 22, 2018. With five photos from 2004.