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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OEQ_campanile_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
"Erected as an enduring monument to memorialize Louisiana's sons and daughters who died in World War 1. The memorial was funded and dedicated April 30, 1926 by General John R. McQuigg, National Commander of the American Legion"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O1V_capitol-building_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
In 1931, when Governor Huey Long commissioned America's tallest state capitol, he probably never guessed he'd be assassinated inside it four years later. Note how the structure's friezes, marble-work and statuary are as elaborate as the political …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O1S_the-d-artaguiette-concession_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The D'Artaguiette Brothers, Jean-Baptiste Martin, Navy Commissaire and later director of the Company of the Indies, Bernard Diron, Inspector General and later Commandant at Mobile and Captain Pierre D'Itouralde, Commandant of Illinois, killed in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O1R_repentance-fountain_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
During the Spanish domination of Baton Rouge, Repentance Street ran through this area. It was so named because convicted criminals walked along it on their way to receive sentencing at the Commandant's house where the old State Capitol now stands.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O1O_stoker-barn_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Riley Stoker built this log barn on his family farm near Fort Jesup in Sabine Parish, Louisiana where it was in use for over 150 years. Architecturally it is described as a double pen log structure with an open passage in the center. This type of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NX0_pigeonnier_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Pigeonniers were built to house pigeons, a valuable source of food and fertilizer. French colonists brought the tradition of the pigeonnier from their native country, where it is considered a status symbol. In Louisiana, plantation owners placed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWX_spanish-town_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
East of this point was Spanish Town, laid out in 1805 by Carlos GrandPré, Governor of Spanish West Florida for the Canary Islanders from Galvez Town that they might continue to live on Spanish soiland help defend the forts. Spanish Town Roa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWW_site-of-the-weiss-house_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
On September 8, 1935, Dr. Carl Austin Weiss was living here with his family is a small frame cottage. About 9:30 that evening, U.S.Senator Huey P. Long was shot in the corridor just off the house chamber of the State Capitol. Weiss, the alleged as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWV_stoner-athens-cabin_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The Stoner cabin was built on Greenwell Springs road in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is a single pen structure constructed of large, hewn pine logs with dovetail joints. This type of construction was favored by yeoman farmers of British descent who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWU_the-first-cemetery-in-baton-rouge_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The first cemetery in Baton Rouge was the cemetery of La Yglesia Los Dolores de la Virgin, Our Lady of Sorrows. Established in 1792 by order of King Carlos IV of Spain. This present cemetery was established in 1824 and the remains of Baton Rouges …