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[1] [4] Legend holds that the house was named for an outlaw named Samuel Carpenter who led the infamous Cave-in-Rock Bandits and was slain near Vidalia, Louisiana in 1803. [2] However, historical research suggests that when stagecoach service began on the public road through the area in 1849, horses were changed at Charles Carpenter's house.
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 legislature used ...
West Baton Rouge Parish: 74002186 San Francisco Plantation House: May 30, 1974: Reserve: St. John the Baptist Parish: Open for tours 78003448 Santa Maria Plantation House: December 29, 1978: Baton Rouge East Baton Rouge: 82000445
In August 2010, the I-10 West exit to LA 1 had been restriped to prevent the center lane from exiting. This change has since been reverted. In 2010, the bridge's signage was replaced. These newer signs better demarcate the boundary between West Baton Rouge Parish and East Baton Rouge Parish. The installed signs also displayed the official name ...
Gardere - an area using Gardere Lane (LA Highway 327 Spur) as its main artery. Found between Nicholson Drive and Highland Road, located near St. Jude the Apostle Church. Dominated by low-rent housing prior to Hurricane Katrina. Westminster - Between Essen and Bluebonnet off Jefferson Highway, around the Baton Rouge Country Club.
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Although the bridge is named after former Louisiana governors Huey P. Long and Oscar K. Allen, it is known locally in the Baton Rouge Area as "the old bridge". [3] It was the only bridge across the Mississippi in Baton Rouge from its opening until April 1968, when the Horace Wilkinson Bridge ("the new bridge") carrying Interstate 10 opened.
Main Street Historic District is a historic district in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, located along Main Street, from North 4th Street to North 7th Street. The 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) area comprises a total of 11 historic commercial buildings, dating from c.1890 to c.1935. [2] [3]