In the 1930's, a Louisiana skyscraper reflected the style of America's tallest buildings. The State Capitol opened in 1932, a year after the Empire State Building. It was the vision of Governor ...

BATON ROUGE — Like the 163-story Burj Khalifa towering over Dubai or the Empire State Building in New York City, the Louisiana ... as a pencil that is permanently lodged in the ceiling ...

"Louisiana's State Capitol, It's Art and Architecture." Grenier's research is always extensive preceding any conservation, which has become her life's work. According to Kubly's book, the ceiling ...

The Louisiana State Capitol will likely resembles a prison or a demolition site for months while crews dig up parts of parking lots, ... (some say it’s a pencil) still lodged in the ceiling.

(WAFB) - If you grew up in Louisiana ... The murals, the ceiling paintings, the statues, and the carvings all tell a 1930′s version of the state’s history. The Capitol remains a giant memorial ...

A time capsule placed in the walls of the State Capitol ... the ceiling, Grenier touched up the tempera paint used on murals of coats of arms representing the nations that have ruled Louisiana ...

Long viewed the 34-story, 450-foot-tall skyscraper — visible for many miles from the surrounding bayous — as a symbol of Louisiana pride. It’s still the tallest state capitol in the nation.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La – At the Louisiana ...