Tessier (Lafayette) Building ca. 1820. 342, 346, 348 Lafayette St., interior hearth. Considered to be one of the oldest standing structures in Baton Rouge. These townhouse style buildings were constructed by Charles Tessier , the first probate...
Interior staircase at Llanfair, the home of Dr. and Mrs. Whyte Glendower Owen was/is located on the Mississippi River at White Castle, La. Built by John Hambden Randolph of Virginia. Wide cornices are/were supported by twenty square columns. James...
Bank of Baton Rouge interior view. Standing (left to right) Willie Randolph, D. Cazedessus (in cage), August Streuzki, one of the original directors of the Bank of Baton Rouge, Eugene Cazedessus (in cage) and Alex Grouchy. 416 Third St., Baton...
Interior of Old Main Post Office during Fire Prevention Week 1950 Original located in School Report of Activities Fire Prevention Week October 8-14-1950 Vol. 2 (Negro Section) BRFD Collection
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, Historic buildings
Interior view of the Southern Bell Telephone Company switch board room, 1930's. Photograph was submitted with the following poem: Farewell, Old Building-Fare ye well. Of joys and sorrows, you well might tell. Many have entered and left your...
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
Interior view of St. Gabriel Catholic Church. Built ca. 1769, it is said to be the oldest church building in the Louisiana Territory. Originally built on Bayou Manchac from virgin cypress, it was dismantled piece by piece and moved to its present...