Visiting family is so grand!! And so, before the weather got too hot and we had the time my brother, Phil, and sister-in-law met us in Baton Rough, Louisiana to visit our brother, Tom, and his family. It's a lovely city on the banks of the Mississippi not far from New Orleans. So as always happens, we were given a tour of some of the beautiful places in and near Baton Rouge.
Old State Capitol Building
Baton Rouge Louisiana
The Old Louisiana State Capitol is an historic building, and now a museum in Baton Rough, Louisiana. It housed the Louisiana state legislature from the mid-19 century until 1929-1932. The building was added to the National Registry of Historic places in 1973. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
Interior of The Old State Capitol
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Rosedown Plantation was built in 1835 by Daniel and Martha Turnbull, over the span of six months at a cost of $13,109.20. This was a cotton plantation and consisted of 3,500 acres and 215 slaves.
They raised three children on the plantation, two sons and a daughter. Their youngest son died of yellow fever at the age of 7 and their oldest son drowned in a boating accident at age 27, leaving their daughter Sarah as their only remaining heir.
Sarah married James Bowman from the neighboring Oakley Plantation, and together they raised 10 children, 8 girls and 2 boys. Their 4 unmarried daughters inherited the property, living at Rosedown until the last Nina Bowman died in 1955. After the Civil War, former slaves became sharecroppers at Rosedown. Sharecropping continued into the 1950's.
in 1956, Rosedown was purchased by Catherine Underwood of Houston, Texas. Ove the next 8 years, Catherine had the plantation restored, opening Rosedown to the public in 1964. The Underwood family maintained Rosedown as a tourist destination until 1994 when it was sold to a Georgia business man. The state of Louisiana purchased Rosedown in 2000.
Sarah married James Bowman from the neighboring Oakley Plantation, and together they raised 10 children, 8 girls and 2 boys. Their 4 unmarried daughters inherited the property, living at Rosedown until the last Nina Bowman died in 1955. After the Civil War, former slaves became sharecroppers at Rosedown. Sharecropping continued into the 1950's.
in 1956, Rosedown was purchased by Catherine Underwood of Houston, Texas. Ove the next 8 years, Catherine had the plantation restored, opening Rosedown to the public in 1964. The Underwood family maintained Rosedown as a tourist destination until 1994 when it was sold to a Georgia business man. The state of Louisiana purchased Rosedown in 2000.
Statues are reproductions of original Italian statues.
Purchased in the 1850's.
Fountains near the summer houses.
Azaleas and camellias in bloom
It was a beautiful place to visit and a grand way to spend time with family! I'm sure everything is just exquisite later in the Spring, but I was happy to be there when we were. It wasn't to hot or humid!
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Thanks be to God!
Catthy
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