Pelican Guide to the Louisiana Capitol

Download or read book Pelican Guide to the Louisiana Capitol written by Ellen Roy Jolly and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12-31 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most beautiful of America's fifty statehouses, the Louisiana capitol in Baton Rouge ranks second behind the New Orleans Superdome as the state's leading tourist attraction-and this comprehensive guidebook shows why. Constructed in 1932 under the reign of Huey Long at a cost of only $5 million, the thirty-four-story tower houses some of the most impressive examples of art deco architecture in America. A companion work to Pelican's lavish pictorial volume, The Louisiana Capitol, published in 1977, this book is an ideal in-hand guide for on-site observation, appreciation, and understanding of the capitol's art and history.