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The current building is the fourth capitol in the state, and it was completed in 1910. The Louisiana Capitol is just one of nine capitols in the US that doesn't feature a dome — and at 450 feet ...
NEW ORLEANS — A hidden copper box was found behind one of the Louisiana State Capitol building's cornerstones ... seals and souvenirs, and photos of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and others.
A National Historic Landmark, Louisiana's Old State Capitol is not your average capitol building. Designed in a Gothic Revival architecture style and constructed between 1847 and 1852, the ...
Louisiana's State Capitol may be glowing in purple, green and gold when Mardi Gras rolls around on Feb. 21. "It's a possibility," said Jacques Berry, Policy and Communication director for the ...
The Louisiana State Capitol was briefly evacuated Tuesday midday after a maintenance crew inadvertently triggered a fire alarm in the building. Fire trucks could be seen en route to the Capitol ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — A copper box, sealed in the walls of the Louisiana State Capitol Building, was discovered by construction crews this week, according to representatives of the Louisiana ...