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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNH_lafayette-buildings_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Lafayette Buildings. . . 342-348 Lafayette Street . Baton Rouge, LouisianaErected 1762 . Legendary site . of Lafayette's . 1825 visit.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A5E_battle-of-baton-rouge_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding the British post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies.This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of the American RevolutionOn Louisiana soilAnd is placed hereBy The Louisiana Soc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A5D_old-state-capitol_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Old State CapitolRiver Road & North Blvd.Baton Rouge, LouisianaErected 1847-48Razed by fire 1862.Seat of StateGovernment1850-1862 1882-1932.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27DM_caroline-durieux_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Caroline Durieux, a well known lithographer and social artist during the 1930s and 1940s, was Director for the WPA Federal Art Project for Louisiana and a Louisiana State University professor of Fine Art. At LSU, she developed the electron print u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27DH_old-state-capitol_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Louisiana's Old State Capitol was built in 1850 and housed the State Legislature and Senate until 1932. The castellated gothic statehouse has withstood war, fire, abandonment, as well as political intrigue. The National Historic Landmark has witne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM267T_bill-conti_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Bill Conti made a lasting impression on popular culture through his film compositions. His talent for memorable melodies can be heard on the Rocky soundtrack, which brought him widespread acclaim. An alumnus of the LSU School of Music, Bill Conti'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YV7_hilton-capitol-center_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
One of 200 Historic Hotels of America, the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center was first built in 1927 as the Hotel Heidelberg, the city's first luxury hotel and site of noteworthy social and political events. Governor Huey P. Long kept an unofficia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UTE_congregation-b-nai-israel-historical_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This site was purchased by the organizers of what is today Congregation B'Nai Israel, one of the oldest Reform Jewish congregations in America. The earliest records of the congregation date to 1858. The original charter stated the Congregation's p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UOE_third-street-historical_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
By the turn of the twentieth century, Baton Rouge's Third Street had changed from a sleepy row of residences to a bustling commercial center. Because it connected the Old State Capitol with the original site of Louisiana State University (then loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TL4_louisianas-old-state-capitol-historical_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Its architectural style has been both celebrated and criticized, but there's no disputing Louisiana's Old State Capitol is one of the nation's most distinct public buildings. Renowned architect James Dakin chose the building's Gothic Revival desig…