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In the 1830s, what is known today as the "Old Arsenal" was built. The unique structure originally served as a gunpowder magazine for the U.S. Army post. In 1825, Baton Rouge was visited by the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, as part of his triumphal tour of the United States. The town feted him as the guest of ...
Location of East Baton Rouge Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of ...
The Confederates attempted unsuccessfully to retake Baton Rouge in the Battle of Baton Rouge (1862). Union authorities renamed the Barracks and Arsenal as Fort Williams after Union General Thomas Williams, who was killed in the battle. Union soldiers built earthworks to protect the complex, incorporating an old Indian mound into the defenses.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 1790-1805 Residence In 2005 moved to the Rural Life Museum from east bank of Bayou Lafourche The Presbytère: New Orleans, Louisiana: 1791 Residence Casas Curial or “Ecclesiastical House," which became a courthouse in 1834 [6] Magnolia Mound Plantation House: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 1791 Residence Oldest house in Baton ...
Beauregard Town, also known as Beauregard Town Historic District, is a historic district in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, anchored by Government Street. It was commissioned in 1806 by Elias Beauregard, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is the second-oldest neighborhood in Baton Rouge (after Spanish Town).
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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. The Old Governor's Mansion was built under the governorship of Huey Long, its first resident
Baton Rouge River Center Arena (2004-16) Address: 275 River Rd S Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5809: Location: Raising Cane's River Center: Owner: Baton Rouge Area Convention & Visitors Bureau: Operator: ASM Global: Capacity: 8,900: Opened: January 14, 1977 () Tenants; Baton Rouge Kingfish (1996–2003) Baton Rouge Bombers (1997–98)