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

Zachary Taylor Home Site

August 14, 2015

1. Zachary Taylor Home Site Marker

Inscription. "Old Rough and Ready," America's 12th president, lived on this site in the home pictured above. He called the cottage Buena Vista after his famous 1847 victory in the Mexican War. The pale horse pictured was Taylor's favorite, "Whitey." It would later graze on the White House lawn and eventually be buried near his master. (Marker Number 1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Settlements & Settlers • War, Mexican-American. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #12 Zachary Taylor series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.

Location. 30° 27.217′ N, 91° 11.376′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is in Downtown. It is on Lafayette Street west of North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 900 N 3rd St, 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

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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 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Fort San Carlos (about 400 feet away); Fort Baton Rouge (about 400 feet away); Sigma Iota (about 400 feet away); The Mississippi River (about 400 feet away); The Amédé Ardoin Lemon Tree (about 500 feet away); Pentagon Barracks (about 500 feet away); Bogalusa to Baton Rouge March (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

More about this marker. Marker is number 1 of 10 of a series of walking tour markers on the Louisiana State Capitol grounds.

August 14, 2015

2. Zachary Taylor Home Site Marker

Zachary Taylor Mausoleum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1997

3. Zachary Taylor Mausoleum

Zachary Taylor is buried in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville KY.

August 14, 2015

4. Zachary Taylor Home Site Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2015. This page has been viewed 3,602 times since then and 262 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 28, 2015. 3. submitted on March 2, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4. submitted on August 28, 2015. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.