Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center
Heidelberg Hotel and Hotel King | |
Location | 200-201 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°26′55″N 91°11′22″W / 30.44872°N 91.18943°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1927 |
Built by | Ashton Glassell Company |
Architect | Edward F. Neild |
Architectural style | Skyscraper |
NRHP reference No. | 82002769 (original) 08000765 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 20, 1982[1] |
Boundary increase | August 5, 2008 |
The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in
Huey P. Long, John F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Jimmy Carter, Will Rogers, and Fidel Castro were all guests of the hotel.[2][3][4]
The hotel closed in 1985, and was mostly derelict until 2005.[5] It reopened after a $70 million renovation on August 30, 2006, as the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center.[6] the hotel was also inducted into Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, since 2007.[7]
The hotel's NRHP listing was increased in 2008 to include the Hotel King across the street and the listing was renamed Heidelberg Hotel and Hotel King .[3][8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Heidelberg Hotel and Hotel King" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 8, 2018. with 14 photos and three maps
- ^ Ed Reed (February 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Heidelberg Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved May 8, 2018. With 13 photos from 1982.
- ^ "Saving the Capitol House". Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "Downtown Development District Information". Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
- ^ "Hotel History - Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ National Register Staff (Spring 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Heidelberg Hotel and Hotel King". National Park Service. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
External links
- Media related to Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website