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Built in 1847–1852 after the state legislature voted to move the seat of government from New Orleans, within 15 years the "castle" had been severely damaged during the Union Army's Civil War occupation of Baton Rouge.
The Prince Hall Masonic Temple is a historic building located at 1335 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.. Originally designed in 1924 as a meeting hall for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, the building housed the Temple Theatre and the Temple Roof Garden, which represented two major point of entertainment for African-American citizens of Baton Rouge.
Jefferson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the north side (referred to as the "East Bank") of the Mississippi River. Jefferson is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 11,193 at the 2010 census, [3] and 10,533 in 2020.
Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge: 92000510 Graugnard Farms Plantation House: May 14, 1992: St. James St. James: 82000451 Harlem Plantation House: October 26, 1982: Pointe à la Hache: Plaquemines: 98001422 Hermione Plantation House: November 23, 1998: Tallulah: Madison: Relocated from Kell Plantation in rural Madison Parish 78001438 Hazelwood ...
The parish has a current population of 432,000, which is 15,000 fewer people than was recorded by the 2000 U.S. census. New Orleans' Katrina-provoked population loss has resulted in Jefferson Parish becoming the second most populous parish behind East Baton Rouge Parish, center of the Baton Rouge metropolitan area.
New Orleans: 423 Canal Street: E.D.La. 5th Cir. 1860–1915 1891–1915 2008–2020 Audubon Insectarium (An Audubon Nature Institute museum). Now offices of U.S. Department of Homeland Security. n/a John Minor Wisdom U.S. Courthouse† New Orleans: 600 Camp Street: E.D.La. 5th Cir. 1915–1963 1915–present: Court of Appeals judge John Minor ...
1914 – Southern University relocates to Scotlandville, along Scott's Bluff facing the Mississippi River in North Baton Rouge. 1916 – Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge established. [15] 1923 – Baton Rouge General Hospital active. [16] 1924 – Community Coffee in business. 1926 New Louisiana State University campus dedicated ...
East room Library. The Old Louisiana Governor's Mansion is located at 502 North Blvd. between Royal and St. Charles Streets in Baton Rouge and was used as Louisiana's official gubernatorial residence between 1930 and 1963; a new residence was completed in 1963.