National Historic Landmark · Delhi, Louisiana

Poverty Point National Monument

A historic site near Delhi, Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Poverty Point National Monument
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeSite
Address12 mi. N of Delhi on Bayou Macon, Delhi vicinity, LA
CountyWest Carroll County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000382
DesignationsWorld Heritage Site, National Historic Landmark
Contributing resources2 structures, 1 sites
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

Street12 mi. N of Delhi on Bayou Macon
Coordinates32.63551, -91.40428 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000382. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.