Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Original Site/Donors of Land
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 9, 2016
1. Original Site Marker
Original Site
On February 1, 1968, the donation of 20 acres to the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana was received and ground broken on this site by the Rt. Rev. Iveson B. Noland for the construction of Episcopal High School.
Donors of Land
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Riley Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robertson Miller, Sr., Dr. and Mrs. Henry Kingkade Miller, and the heirs of C.J. Brown: Shirley Clair Brown Winston, C. Carter Brown, Jenny Lou Brown Hardin, Ann Brown PArker, C.J. Brown, Jr. and L. Heidel Brown.
Erected by Episcopal High School, Diocese of Louisiana.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is February 1, 1968.
Location. 30° 25.365′ N, 91° 1.934′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is on Chapelwood Drive south of Woodland Ridge Boulevard, on the right when traveling south. Located on the grounds of Episcopal High School, next to chapel. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3200 Woodland Ridge Blvd, Baton Rouge LA 70816, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Purple Heart Trail (approx. 2 miles away); Celtic Studios (approx. 2.6 miles
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Also see . . . Episcopal School of Baton Rouge. (Submitted on September 12, 2016.)
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 9, 2016
2. Donors of Land Marker
September 9, 2016
3. Original Site/ Donors of Land Marker
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