The Pentagon Barracks, also known as the Old United States Barracks, is a complex of buildings located at the corner of State Capitol Drive and River Road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the grounds of the state capitol. The site was used by the Spanish, French, British, Confederate States Army, and United States Army and was part of the short-lived Republic of West Florida. During its use as a military post the site has been visited by such notable figures as Zachary Taylor,
Lafayette, Robert E. Lee, George Custer, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln.
Pentagon Barracks
Monument of Sigma Iota's birthplace on the former LSU Campus
The Pentagon Barracks (left) in 1909 in a panorama of what was then the campus of Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county-equivalent), East Baton Rouge Parish, and the center of Louisiana's second-largest metropolitan area and city, Greater Baton Rouge.
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Image: Louisiana Old State Capitol recolorized
Image: Baton Rouge, Louisiana panoramio (68) recolorized
Image: St. Joseph Cathedral Baton Rouge, Louisiana
