Capitol House Hotel {originally the Heidelberg Hotel] Pool. A wonderful haven for vacationers in downtown Baton Rouge, Jack Tar Capitol House, overlooking the beautiful Mississippi River, provides a warm welcome to a friendly oasis of luxury fort...
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...
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...
Offices of the Baton Rouge Lumber Company. Located on South First Street (now River Road) this example of Romantic Eclecticism architecture was built in the 1870's. Occupied until 1968, it was originally constructed as offices for the Burton...
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium. Constructed at a cost of $250, 000 the 100 bed hospital opened November 4, 1923 and was demolished in 1980. Originally constructed by the Franciscan Sisters of Calais, France. Replaced by new campus on Essen Lane in...
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium. Constructed at a cost of $250,000 the 100 bed hospital opened November 4, 1923 and was demolished in 1980. Originally constructed by the Franciscan Sisters of Calais, France. Replaced by new campus on Essen Lane in...
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 site. Restored in...
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 site. Restored in...
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 site. Restored in...
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 site. Restored in...
Warden's House door, 701 Laurel St., built ca. 1840. Originally housed the prison store, the clerk and his family, later various prison officials occupied it when the Louisiana State Penitentiary was in Baton Rouge. Constructed in the Classical...
Warden's House, 701 Laurel St., built ca. 1840. Originally housed the prison store, the clerk and his family, later various prison officials occupied it when the Louisiana State Penitentiary was in Baton Rouge. Constructed in the Classical Revival...