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Mississippi and the city VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
from the 27th-floor
observation deck. Practical Information
90 miles (144 km) NW of New
E USS Kidd Orleans. * 576,330. n 730
305 S River Rd. Tel (225) North Blvd, (800) 527-6843.
342-1942. Open 9:30am– _ Greater Baton Rouge State
3:30pm Mon–Fri, 10am– Fair (for 10 days, mid-Oct).
4pm, Sat & Sun. Closed Transport
Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & 7 k 9430 Jackie Cochran Drive,
∑ usskidd.com (225) 355-0333. @ Greyhound
The House Chamber, State Capitol Commissioned in 1943, Bus Lines, 1001 Loyola Ave,
this World War II destroyer (504) 524-7571.
P State Capitol saw action in the Pacific, where
State Capitol Dr at N 3rd St. Tel (225) she suffered a kamikaze attack on
342-7317. Open 8am–4:30pm daily. April 11, 1945, and 38 of the crew fascinating objects – a washing
Closed Jan 1, Easter Sunday, were killed. She also served in the machine dating from 1900,
Thanksgiving, Dec 25. 7 Korean War and other missions pirogues (a type of boat used on
Huey Long worked hard to until 1964, when she was decom- the bayous), cockfighting spurs,
persuade the legislators to mi ssioned. Visitors can see the and a tobacco press, to name a
approve the $5 million funding anti-aircraft guns and tour the few. Steele Burden’s paintings
for this Modernist 34-story cramped quarters shared and ceramic figures
building, erected in 1932. It by the 330-man are also displayed,
is the tallest capitol in the crew below decks. along with other
United States. Both the House collectibles. In
and Senate chambers are E Rural Life the time before it
impressive, as are the murals Museum and Old tractor at the Rural was fashionable to
in Memorial Hall. Visitors can Windrush Gardens Life Museum preserve African
still see the bullet holes in the 4560 Essen Lane at I-10. American culture,
marble walls of the first-floor Tel (225) 765-2437. Open 8am–5pm Steele also rescued all the
executive corridor, where Long daily. Closed Jan 1, Easter Sunday, buildings from nearby Welham
was assassinated on September Thanks giving, Dec 24 & 25. & 7 Plantation and re-erected them in
8, 1935, by Dr. Carl A. Weiss, the Ione Burden and her brother, a typical plantation layout. Today,
son-in-law of a political enemy, Steele, who landscaped Louisiana visitors can gain some insight into
Judge Benjamin Pavy. The State University, assembled this how such a plantation functioned
grounds contain Long’s grave collection of buildings and as a self-contained community.
in a sunken memorial garden. 19th-century tools and artifacts. Crape myrtle, azaleas, and other
There are excellent views of the Each building is filled with plantings fill the adjacent gardens.

Baton Rouge Center
Arsenal
1 Louisiana Old State Capitol Park
State
2 Louisiana State University Capitol
3 Magnolia Mound Plantation R IV E R RO A D S PA N I S H TO W N R O AD
4 Old Governor’s Mansion State
5 State Capitol Library STR E E T
6 USS Kidd N O R TH
7 Rural Life Museum and M AI N STR E E T Amtrak
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GO VE RN MEN T S T R E E T
USS Kidd
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M AYF L OW ER ST R EE T
Rural Life Museum
F E R D I NAN D S T
R I V E R RO A D
ST LOUIS STREET
0 meters 600 INT ER STAT E 1 0 & Windrush Gardens
10km (6miles)
0 yards 600 Magnolia Mound Plantation Louisiana State
University
1.25km (0.75mile)
3km (1.75miles)
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