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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ET_louisiana-state-university-surrounding-area_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
About the AreaWith its Italian Renaissance-style buildings
nestled amongst the stately oaks and broad
magnolias made famous in its Alma Mater,
LSU is truly a joy to behold. The 2000-acre
campus, bordered on its western edge by the
mighty Miss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ER_university-lakes-bird-sanctuary_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
About The AreaStretching from Milford Wampold Memorial
Park, affectionately known as "Baton Rouge
Beach," to the City-Brooks Community Park golf
course, the LSU lakes-University Lake and City
Park Lake-lie on LSU''''s eastern edge and
pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HP_pioneer-cabin-mid-1800s_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Five generations of one family lived in the Pioneer Cabin until 1960. The cabin was built in the early to mid-1800s in Washington Parish at Sunny Hill near Franklinton. This part of Louisiana was part of the Florida parishes and became part of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HO_cemetery_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This cemetery is a reproduction created as an example of early cemeteries. Each gravesite features wrought-iron or stone markers that once belonged to lost or flooded cemeteries. The iron crosses are typical of Spanish-French influences. The cast …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HN_split-cypress-barn_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This type of barn is referred to a a Pieux Barn and is most commonly associated with the French Acadians. The building shows an example of inexpensive construction in which hand-split cypress, called pieux, was used. It is a rare survivor of a bar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KX_commissary_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
The Commissary was originally built in 1850 as an extension to an older building at Welham Plantation that acted as a port for shipping and receiving supplies along the Mississippi River. This building was constructed in the Classical Revival arch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24KA_blacksmith-shop_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This building was originally a double-pen slave cabin from Welham Plantation built circa 1840. Upon relocation in 1871, it was converted to a blacksmith's shop. It retains its mortise-and-tenon construction, but has been modified with a new briqu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24K4_single-pen-slave-cabin_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This cabin from Welham Plantation is furnished in the fashion of a tenant farmer's or sharecropper's dwelling. Although the furnishings are simple and rustic, the post-bellum plantation worker was the least able to make, purchase, or barter for ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24K0_mound-place-pigeon-cote_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Pigeonniers were built to house pigeons, a valuable source of food and fertilizer. French colonists brought the tradition of the Pigeonnier from their native country, where it is considered a status symbol. In Louisiana, plantation owners placed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24JF_schoolhouse_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Originally built as a slave cabin, this building was later converted into the kitchen for th Overseer's House. Its use as a schoolhouse began in the late 1800s and continued into the 1930s. The structure was moved to the museum from Welham Plantat…