Architecture

Bousillage
Bousillage, a mixture of clay and straw or Spanish moss used for insulation, is a distinguishing feature of Louisiana's architectural past.
Bousillage, a mixture of clay and straw or Spanish moss used for insulation, is a distinguishing feature of Louisiana's architectural past.
Spears is one of the best-known artists to emerge from Louisiana, having achieved international commercial success at an early age.
Guitarist and singer George "Buddy" Guy, who was born in Louisiana, is the major living link to the electric Chicago blues sound of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Butler Greenwood plantation house is built in the Gothic Revival style, popular in the St. Francisville area.
Caesar Carpentier “C. C.” Antoine served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877, one of only three individuals of African descent to hold the office during Reconstruction.
Camp Moore in Louisiana served as the training location for more than 20,000 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Artist Caroline Wogan Durieux served as the director of the Louisiana office of the Federal Art Project.
"Carpetbagger" and "scalawag" were derogatory terms used to deride white Republicans from the North or southern-born radicals during Reconstruction.
The Centenary State Historic Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Deeply rooted in the history, spirituality, and daily activities of the Chitimacha people, basketry remains a visible expression of the Chitimacha Indian tribe’s culture and tradition.
The Civil War in Louisiana left the state politically divided and financially ruined.
Cleanth Brooks, one of the foremost American literary critics of the twentieth century, spent fifteen years as a professor in the English Department at Louisiana State University (LSU).
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