Downtown in Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Sigma Iota

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 9, 2019

1. Sigma Iota Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

En este lugar
fué creada la
fraternidad
Sigma Iota
en el año de
nuestro Señor
de 1904
Convencion de 1929.
English translation:
Here in this place was created the Sigma Iota Fraternity in the Year of Our Lord 1904
Convention of 1929.

Erected 1929.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Hispanic Americans.

Location. 30° 27.285′ N, 91° 11.363′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from North Third Street near Spanish Town Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70802, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fort San Carlos (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Fort San Carlos (a few steps from this marker); The Amédé Ardoin Lemon Tree (within shouting distance

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of this marker); The Mississippi River (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Baton Rouge (within shouting distance of this marker); Pentagon Barracks (within shouting distance of this marker); Bogalusa to Baton Rouge March (within shouting distance of this marker); Pentagon Buildings (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

More about this marker. Located in the A.Z. Young Park, next to the Pentagon Barracks Apartments

Also see . . . Sigma Iota Fraternity. (Submitted on August 14, 2019, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.)

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 9, 2019

2. Sigma Iota Marker

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 9, 2019

3. Sigma Iota Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 485 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 10, 2019.