Memorial Tower - Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA
N 30° 24.868 W 091° 10.726
15R E 674933 N 3366121
This is the iconic building at Louisiana State University. Center on the campus, tower is set off Highland Road,at the campus parade grounds.
Waymark Code: WM5K8X
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2009
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Centerpeice contributing building in the LSU Historical District. Building in FINE condition. in the walkways at base of towers are all the plaques and grant plaques for the University. The Memorial Tower (tower portion), a simplified version of Italian municipal
towers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Renaissance period features
include its unified shaft, double arch openings, campanile top, and comical cupola.
1. Memorial Tower (contributing) 1924 - Tower set on three-part base with a double Tuscan
column loggia and wings articulated with engaged Tuscan columns. The single shaft clock
tower terminates in a campanile chamber with a double arch window on each side. This in
turn is surmounted by a two-stage cupola with a domical roof. The tower is similar to the
clock tower at the Basilica in Vicenza. Construction materials are stucco over masonry.
Designed by Theodore C. Link
Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
Highland Rd.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed
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