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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…
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/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/HM1M4T_riverfront-plaza_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Located on the first high bluffs rising above the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge derives its name from the French explorer d'Iberville's 1699 description of a red stick or pole dividing the hunting grounds of the Bayou Goula and Houmas Indians. Th…
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