Baton Rouge Photographs and Architecture
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Architectural Simplicityli

All of our architectural past is not reflected in massive stone edifices of Gothic design, towering skyscrapers or ornate Victorian mansions.

Simple structures often give a valuable view into day-to-day life as it existed in the past, perhaps as recent as a generation ago...

Characteristic of many Baton Rouge businesses of the 1940s and 1950s was Sam's Meat Market, on Government Street at South Eugene Street, across from Baton Rouge High School.

"Mom and Pop" businesses such as Sam's, and Fred & Marie's, were a mainstay in Baton Rouge life. Their business plan was simple, and effective: personal service, reasonable prices, honesty, integrity, dependability, and fine quality.

    Here are a few glimpses of Baton Rouge...

Family visiting the Huey Long Statue at the Louisiana State Capitol July, 1948
Sam's Meat Market, Government Street, across from Baton Rouge High School Demolished 1996, now site of an out-of-the-mold pizza establishment (photo September, 1978)
Fred & Marie Government Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana August, 1978
Huddle House Third Street, Downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana Demolished, now the site of the LaSalle Garage May, 1986
Nat's Auto CleanUp, Main Street 1978 Now demolished
Demolition, downtown Baton Rouge, in preparation for construction of the new LaCapitol Federal Credit Union August, 1978
USS Kidd arrival at downtown Baton Rouge, with Samuel Clemens and I-10 bridge 1982 Photographed and Copyright by the Author
US Navy Destroyer DD661, the Kidd, nearing dock, downtown Baton Rouge 1982 Photographed and Copyright by the Author

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