Tessier (Lafayette) Building ca. 1820. 342, 346, 348 Lafayette St., west (front) and north facade. Considered to be one of the oldest standing structures in Baton Rouge. These townhouse style buildings were constructed by Charles Tessier , the...
Tessier (Lafayette) Building ca. 1820. 342, 346, 348 Lafayette St., east and south facades. Considered to be one of the oldest standing structures in Baton Rouge. These townhouse style buildings were constructed by Charles Tessier , the first...
Tessier (Lafayette) Building ca. 1820. 342, 346, 348 Lafayette St., exterior door. Considered to be one of the oldest standing structures in Baton Rouge. These townhouse style buildings were constructed by Charles Tessier , the first probate...
Tessier (Lafayette) Building ca. 1820. 342, 346, 348 Lafayette St., second story iron works. Considered to be one of the oldest standing structures in Baton Rouge. These townhouse style buildings were constructed by Charles Tessier , the first...
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...
The Heidelberg Hotel, 201 Lafayette St. Baton Rouge, 1947. Opened in October of 1927, with 11 stories. Former names include The Jack Tar Capitol House Hotel and the Chateau Capitol. Written on back of the photo "Mother and M.E. and Ruthie Goldberg).
Baton Rouge, La. Downtown. 300 Block of Main Street looking east from Lafayette (?). Arthur Murray Dance Studio, Young's Fashions, Franklin Loans, Sportsman's Haven. Date: ca. late 1950's color slide.
Located at 131 Lafayette Street. Built from wrought iron, it is 100 feet high, 15 feet in diameter with a 146,000 gallon capacity was originally fed with water from the Mississippi. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Built...
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Guidry being made honorary citizens of Baton Rouge, February 1979. Guidry, born in Lafayette, La. Was a Cy Young Award winning baseball player for the New York Yankees in the 1970's