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Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to about 8000 BC based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. [1] Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the 4th millennium BC. [2]
1916 – Historical Society of East and West Baton Rouge established. [15] 1923 – Baton Rouge General Hospital active. [16] 1924 – Community Coffee in business. 1926 New Louisiana State University campus dedicated. [13] Baton Rouge High School and Arcade Theatre [17] built. Louisiana Municipal Association headquartered in Baton Rouge ...
Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to 12000–6500 BC, based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. [15] [16] Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the fourth millennium BC. [17]
Only buildings built prior to 1800 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type. ... Baton Rouge, Louisiana: 1790-1805
Baton Rouge: Built in 1847–1852 after the state legislature voted to move the seat of government from New Orleans, within 15 years the "castle" had been severely damaged during the Union Army's Civil War occupation of Baton Rouge. The statehouse was rebuilt and refurbished in the 1880s, including the addition of a stained glass dome. The ...
West Baton Rouge: Built in 1830; French-Creole Architecture 01000007 ... Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge: 82000445 Scottland Plantation House: November 2, 1982: Tallulah:
The 1840 population of Baton Rouge, on the other hand, was only 2,269. Louisiana's old State Capitol On September 21, 1847, the city of Baton Rouge donated to the state of Louisiana a $20,000 parcel of land for a state capitol building.
The Louisiana State Capitol (French: Capitole de l'État de Louisiane) is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Louisiana and is located in downtown Baton Rouge.The capitol houses the chambers for the Louisiana State Legislature, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the office of the Governor of Louisiana.