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We went down to the lobby from the tower, and looked around and took photos of the various statues (Henry Watkins Allen - civil war governor, Jean Baptiste Lemoyne-first colonial governor (photo 3), William Charles Coles Claiborne -first American Governor 1804-1812, Nicholls, first modern post-Reconstruction governor; and P.B.S. Pinchback, the first black governor of the state).
In the center of Memorial Hall is a large bronze relief map of state's products and industries according to each parish (Louisiana refers to its counties as "parishes," a remnant from the state's Catholic roots). Beyond the bronze map are three bronze elevator doors. I noticed that the elevator doors were covered with portraits. They turned out to be all the governors of Louisiana from Claiborne to Long.
According to Louisiana Travel Tips: "Here, one can see the touch of Governor Long's participation in the design. Legend has it that if the portraits had been arranged in a logical pattern, his portrait would have ended up on the lower right corner of the door. To offset that embarrassing placement, Long had the portraits arranged in an illogical pattern so that his countenance would grace the upper right corner. (photo 4 shows Long's portrait)
The walls had decorative paintings (the women in the paintings were topless, but there was one person in a George Washington type wig who was full frontal nude but had no obvious breasts or other sexual characteristics - photo of this is in my travelogue). We also walked to each side and took photos of the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives chambers (photo 2).
Flanking the elevator doors are fabulous 1954 French Porcelain lamps, a gift from France to Louisiana worth $15,000 apiece at that time. The coffered ceiling in the House Chambers is Celotex, a material made from bagasse, a byproduct of sugar production. Bagasse is what remains of the sugarcane once its juice has been extracted (photo 5)
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 Closeup of the mid-section
from Huey's grave by grandmaR, 4 more photos
I stood at the top of the steps of the 450 foot tall building and took a photo of the grand staircase of 48 steps, with each step bearing the name of a state and the date they were admitted to the Union (photo 2). Alaska and Hawaii were added later on the top step
I also took one looking directly up at the Art Deco tower which is covered in Alabama limestone. The entrance door is 50 feet high (photo 3)
On each side of the stairway is a statuary group - to the east is The Patriot (photo 4), a statue of a soldier and mourners of a soldier slain in battle; to the west is The Pioneers (photo 5), representing the men and women who founded Louisiana. Both statues were sculpted by C.M. Dodd and designed by Lorado Taft.
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 Mighty Oak on Louisiana State
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 Tiger Stadium!! by Jmill42
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 The Memorial Tower on the
LSU Campus by cynthi
I did my undergrad at LSU and am currently a graduate student at LSU... plenty of good memories! The picture to the left is of the Memorial Tower, a landmark on campus, but maybe not as much as the football stadium! Leave a Comment
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Paul, of course. :)
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