Louisiana State Capitol
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The Louisiana State Capitol building is the capitol building of the state of Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge. At 450 feet (137 metre) tall with 34 stories, it is the tallest capitol building in the United States. It is located on a 27-acre tract, which includes the capitol gardens. The Louisiana State Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark.
As part of his gubernatorial campaign in 1928, Huey Long advocated the construction of a new, modern capitol building to replace the Old Louisiana State Capitol building, built in 1847. Ground was broken in 1930, and the 27-month construction completed in 1932.
In 1935, former governor of Louisiana, and then Senator Huey Long was shot in the Capitol building. He died two days later as a result of his wounds and is interred in the capitol gardens.
Long contracted New Orleans architectural firm Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth to design the building, and expressed interest in a tower. They took Bertram Goodhue's Nebraska State Capitol Building as their model, which was still under construction at the time. The building includes integrated sculpture by Ulric Ellerhusen, Lee Lawrie, Adolph Alexander Weinman, Corrado Parducci and Lorado Taft, among others.
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- The Louisiana State Capitol Building
- National Register of Historic Places information
- History of the building, from the Louisiana State Legislature
- Baton-Rouge-Guide.com photos and a review of a visit to the state captiol
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
| Preceded by Hibernia Bank Building |
List of Tallest Buildings in the State of Louisiana 1932–1964 |
Succeeded by Crescent City Towers |
Categories: Buildings and structures in Baton Rouge | Government of Louisiana | History of Baton Rouge | National Historic Landmarks of the United States | Registered Historic Places in Louisiana | State capitols in the United States | Skyscrapers in Louisiana | Buildings and structures in Louisiana | Buildings with sculpture by Corrado Parducci
