African American churches--History, East Baton Rouge Parish (La.)
Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954.
Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954.
Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954.
Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954.
Baton Rouge (La.), Jemison, T. J. (Theodore Judson), Church buildings
Reverend Dr. T.J. Jemison standing on the steps of Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954
Baton Rouge (La.), Jemison, T. J. (Theodore Judson), Church buildings
Reverend Dr. T.J. Jemison at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954.
Construction of the dock facilities of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge just below Port Allen, La. The Large white tank structure is the grain elevator which was put into operation in 1955. Dock construction was completed in the Fall of 1955.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Louisiana's Old State Capitol. 100 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge. The Gothic Revival building was designed by architect James Harrison Dakin and constructed was completed in 1849.
Portico at Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842 Duncan F. Kenner. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter who renamed the plantation to "Belle Helene" from Ashland for...
Louisiana's Old State Capitol. 100 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge. The Gothic Revival building was designed by architect James Harrison Dakin and constructed was completed in 1849.
Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter....