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The Louisiana State Capitol (French: Capitole de l'État de Louisiane) is the seat of government for the state of Louisiana and is located in downtown Baton Rouge. The capitol houses the chambers for the State Legislature (House of Representatives and Senate), as well as the office of the Governor. At 450 feet (137 m) tall and with 34 stories, it is the tallest skyscraper in Baton Rouge, the seventh tallest building in Louisiana, and the tallest capitol in the United States. It is located on a 27-acre (110,000 m2) tract, which includes the capitol gardens. The Capitol is often thought of as "Huey Long's monument" due to the influence of the former Governor and U.S. Senator in getting the capitol built. The building's construction was completed in 1931. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982.

The Capitol has been the site of violent acts, including the assassination of Huey Long himself, allegedly by Dr. Carl Weiss, in a hallway on September 8, 1935.

Louisiana State Capitol in Joe Steele[]

After Huey Long was assassinated in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1934, his body lay in state in the rotunda of the Capitol in Baton Rouge. He received a lavish funeral, and was buried on the lawn in front of the Capitol building.[1]

Literary comment[]

In the short story, Long is killed "while trying to escape" from prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and there is no mention of Baton Rouge/the Capitol.

Louisiana State Capitol in Southern Victory[]

Under Governor Huey Long in the 1930s, a new Louisiana State Capitol was built in Baton Rouge. At 34 stories, the new statehouse was the largest capitol in North America, and a monument to Long's rule.

In 1937, Long announced his intention to run as the Radical Liberal Party candidate for President of the Confederate States against Freedom Party incumbent Jake Featherston in the 1939 election. When Featherston dispatched Freedomite activist Anne Colleton to Baton Rouge in the Fall, Long met with her at the Capitol. After Long refused to abide her warning to "fall in line", he was assassinated by a Negro janitor on Colleton's signal.[2]

References[]

  1. ↑ Joe Steele, pgs. 114-116.
  2. ↑ The Victorious Opposition, pgs. 266-269.
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