National Register of Historic Places listings in Tensas Parish, Louisiana

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.

There are 10 properties listed on the National Register in the parish. One property was once listed, but has since been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025.

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Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town
1	The Burn	Upload image	August 11, 1982 (#82002798)	North of Waterproof off Louisiana Highway 65 31°50′26″N 91°23′08″W / 31.840556°N 91.385556°W / 31.840556; -91.385556 (The Burn)	Waterproof
2	Lakewood	Upload image	March 24, 1983 (#83000547)	North of St. Joseph on Louisiana Highway 606 31°57′57″N 91°12′30″W / 31.965833°N 91.208333°W / 31.965833; -91.208333 (Lakewood)	St. Joseph
3	Linwood Plantation Manager's House	Linwood Plantation Manager's House [REDACTED] More images	September 23, 1994 (#94000705)	Louisiana Highway 608 5 miles southeast of Newellton 32°01′42″N 91°10′36″W / 32.028333°N 91.176667°W / 32.028333; -91.176667 (Linwood Plantation Manager's House)	Newellton
4	Moro Plantation House	Upload image	October 5, 1982 (#82000468)	West of Waterproof off Louisiana Highway 566 31°48′54″N 91°25′55″W / 31.815°N 91.431944°W / 31.815; -91.431944 (Moro Plantation House)	Waterproof
5	Myrtle Grove Plantation	Upload image	May 10, 1979 (#79001094)	Louisiana Highway 568 31°48′47″N 91°22′07″W / 31.813056°N 91.368611°W / 31.813056; -91.368611 (Myrtle Grove Plantation)	Waterproof
6	Routhwood Elementary School	Routhwood Elementary School	October 6, 2015 (#15000698)	217 Lombardo St. 32°04′19″N 91°14′21″W / 32.0720°N 91.2392°W / 32.0720; -91.2392 (Routhwood Elementary School)	Newellton
7	St. Joseph Historic District	St. Joseph Historic District	December 10, 1980 (#80001763)	Roughly bounded by Panola Ave. and Front, Hickory, 4th, and Pauline Sts. 31°54′58″N 91°14′10″W / 31.916111°N 91.236111°W / 31.916111; -91.236111 (St. Joseph Historic District)	St. Joseph
8	Tensas Parish Courthouse	Tensas Parish Courthouse	March 30, 1979 (#79001093)	Courthouse Sq. 31°54′48″N 91°14′09″W / 31.913333°N 91.235833°W / 31.913333; -91.235833 (Tensas Parish Courthouse)	St. Joseph
9	Waterproof High School	Waterproof High School	April 1, 2002 (#02000296)	Main St., between Church Ln. and Mississippi St. 31°49′N 91°23′W / 31.81°N 91.38°W / 31.81; -91.38 (Waterproof High School)	Waterproof
10	Winter Quarters	Winter Quarters	November 21, 1978 (#78001437)	6 miles (9.6 km) southeast of Newellton on Louisiana Highway 608 32°01′06″N 91°09′35″W / 32.018333°N 91.159722°W / 32.018333; -91.159722 (Winter Quarters)	Newellton

Former listing

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Bank of Newellton	Upload image	June 2, 2000 (#00000613)	May 3, 2016	207 N. Main St. 32°04′38″N 91°14′08″W / 32.077222°N 91.235556°W / 32.077222; -91.235556 (Bank of Newellton)	Newellton

References

The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved January 24, 2025.
^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: St. Joseph
Towns	Newellton St. Joseph
Village	Waterproof
Unincorporated communities	Azucena Balmoral Crimea Helena Yucatan Landing
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