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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N1V_arsenal-museum_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This building, erected c. 1835 as a powder magazine for a U.S. Army Post and Arsenal which used this area from 1810-1885, except in 1861-1862 when held by the Confederacy. In 1962 this building was restored and the museum established.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N1U_site-of-the-shiloh-baptist-church_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
On July 7, 1872, Rev. George Bird and the congregation of Shiloh Church dedicated the cornerstone of their new frame church on this site. For more than forty years the Church occupied a prominent place in the life of Spanish Town. In March 1918 th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N0K_dedicated-to-you-a-free-citizen-in-a-free-land_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of
Louisiana
by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury
As the inspirational symbol of the United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive from May 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZB_potts-house_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Built in the Classic Revival Style between 1846 and 1850 by Nelson Potts, Master Brick Mason, as an example of his craft as well as his home. Potts was one of the major builders of Baton Rouge during the mid-19th century.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZA_pino-house_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Little cottage typical of the wood frame residences of early Spanish Town. Originally, the house was one room deep with galleries, front and rear. The original lot, 160 feet wide and extending from North Street to Spanish Town Road was purchased b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYV_first-united-methodist-church_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Methodist preachers, known as "circuit riders", began ministering in the Baton Rouge area in the 1820's. The Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated in 1834, Rec. Charles K. Marshall, Pastor. The congregation built their first church near the corn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYJ_lsu-campus-mounds_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Hunter-gatherers built these two mounds 5,000 years ago. Part of the oldest earthen-mound complex in North America,they were placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1999. They are older than the Egyptian pyramids, and predat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYI_national-cemetery_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Federal soldiers killed in the Battle of Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862, were buried on this site which became a National Cemetery in 1867. Among soldiers buried here is General Philemon Thomas, remembered for his attack on the Spanish fort at Baton …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MYH_magnolia-cemetery_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
In 1852 the town of Baton Rouge bought this property for a cemetery. On these grounds, August 5, 1862, the major action of the Battle of Baton Rouge took place. Louisiana novelist Lyle Saxon is among prominent Louisianians buried here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXH_southern-university_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
First State Institution Learning For Blacks. Founded New Orleans 1880, as a State Declared College. Became a Land Grant College in 1890; moved to Baton Rouge 1914. Founder and First President, Dr. J. S. Clark, Native of Louisiana.