Architecture· c. 1915–1945· Garden District

Kleinert Terrace Historic District

National Register of Historic Places

When the Perkins Road corridor was still the southern edge of Baton Rouge, C.C. Kleinert subdivided his 1915 suburban tract with curving streets instead of a grid — the city's first deliberate suburb, designed to feel nothing like downtown. The Craftsman bungalows, Tudor Revival cottages, and early Colonial Revival houses went up over the next three decades for the professional class. The Manship House is a contributing property. The streets still curve exactly as Kleinert drew them.

Quick facts

·Developed between approximately 1915 and 1945, it is Baton Rouge's best-preserved example of early suburban planning.
·Features curvilinear streets, Craftsman bungalows, Tudor Revival cottages, and early Colonial Revival houses.
·Built for the city's professional class when the Perkins Road corridor was still the edge of town.
·Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
·A walkable residential district in the Garden District area — best explored on foot from Perkins Road.