Baton Rouge High School Wood Wind Ensemble, 1951. Left to right: Marie Reynaud, Denise Jones, Louis Berdon and Heather Hanman. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1951-1952.
Florence Coffee House, 132 Main St. built ca. 1852. Built by Nelson Potts to replace a wood frame coffee house that burned down several years earlier. Attached on right the Ice House which was razed in 2003.
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...