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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NCD_old-post-office_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
An excellent architectural example of Renaissance Eclecticism, this building was erected in 1894 as the U.S. Post Office. Renovated in 1935 it served as City Hall until 1955, when it was leased and remodeled by a private men's club.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N5E_fort-san-carlos_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Boom, boom, boom! Cannon fired all day across these grounds on September 21st, 1779, until the British flag finally came down. The Spanish victor's troops included African-Americans, Native-Americans, and French-Acadian refugees, in this, the west…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N40_st-vincents-academy-catholic-high-school_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The Brothers of the Sacred Heart founded St. Vincent's Academy on this site in 1894. In 1929 the school for boys was replaced by a larger facility and renamed Catholic High School. In 1957 the school was moved to it's present location on Hearthsto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3Y_old-arsenal_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This 1835 building's 4½ foot thick walls were designed to protect gunpowder stored inside—and help contain the explosion if that protection failed. It was part of an army post that covered these grounds from 1810 to 1885. The Civil War …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3X_ceremonial-indian-mound_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
One of a group of mounds probably constructed about A.D. 1000 during the Cole Creek culture period. Surrounded by a large village area, such mounds served as foundations for sacred buildings and as platforms for the chief to address the tribesmen.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3V_1779-battle-of-baton-rouge_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
To honor and commemorate
the men who fought in the Battle of Baton Rouge
in the War of the American Revolution
September 1779
Which was the only battle of this war
fought outside of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Placed by the Baton Rouge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3U_pentagon-barracks_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Begun in 1819, construction dragged on for five years because of epidemic yellow fever. It's fifth building (hence the name "pentagon") soon collapsed into a pile of bricks. But the remaining structures survived both civil war bombardment and near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3T_first-air-mail-flight_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The first official air mail flight between cities in the United States landed on the LSU athletic field April 10, 1912. After taking off from the City Park Race Course in New Orleans, aviator George Mestache flew a monoplane with a 32-pound pouch …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3S_zachary-taylor_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
To honor
Zachary Taylor
U.S. Army General and twelfth President
of the United States
Know to Americans as
"Old Rough and Ready"
and who lived for a time some 200 yards
southwest of this spot
This marker placed in 1951 by
Camp Louisiana
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N2F_lsu-former-campus_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
In 1885, Louisiana State University moved from Mid-State city of Alexandria to this site, taking over the decommissioned Baton Rouge Arsenal. Nicknamed the "Old War Skule" on these grounds LSU saw its first intercollegiate football game, regular s…