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The store was begun by Huey John Wilson in 1947 as a jewelry vendor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ten years later, Wilson opened his first catalog showroom. By 1982, Wilson's was the third-largest catalog showroom chain in the United States. [1] At its peak, it had 80 stores in 12 states.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Louisiana Highway 30 (LA 30) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana.It runs 28.10 miles (45.22 km) in a northwest to southeast direction from LA 73 in Baton Rouge to the junction of U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) and LA 431 east of Gonzales.
From the west, LA 42 starts at an intersection with LA 30 in Baton Rouge near Louisiana State University.It is a four-lane divided highway for 7.6 miles (12.2 km) from LA 30 eastward to an intersection with Highland Road and Siegen Lane in southeastern Baton Rouge.
I-10 in Baton Rouge: US 61 in Baton Rouge: 1964 [10] current Baton Rouge spur; formerly designated as I-410 I-210: 12.40: 19.96 I-10 west of Lake Charles: I-10 east of Lake Charles: 1964 [11] current Lake Charles downtown bypass I-220: 17.62: 28.36 I-20/LA 3132 in Shreveport: I-20 in Bossier City: 1977 [12] current
Other names for the road were Hope Villa Road, as it traversed through the community of Hope Villa in Ascension Parish. When the Jefferson Highway auto trail was designated in 1916, Clay Cut and Hope Villa Roads became part of the new road (there is now another Claycut Road in Baton Rouge, located south of the present-day LA-73). When Louisiana ...
) ran 6.7 miles (10.8 km) through Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana. [14] It followed the Airline Highway , a four-lane bypass of the downtown area constructed in 1941. The designation remained in effect until about 1963, when its route was assumed by mainline US 61.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana has many historic neighborhoods, dating back as far as the early 19th century. Downtown - Baton Rouge's central business district. Spanish Town - Located between the Mississippi River and I-110, it is one of the city's more diverse neighborhoods and home to the State Capitol and the city's largest Mardi Gras Parade.