Louisiana State University, Livestock Judging Pavilion, Louisiana State University, Tower Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Summary
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place
Significance: The LSU Livestock Judging Pavilion was constructed in 1923 at a cost of $62,000. It was one of the first group of 21 buildings built on the campus, all designed by Theodore C. Link, FAIA, architect, of St. Louis, Missouri. It is the oldest building on the campus which still survives in its original, unaltered condition. The building is significant architecturally as an example of the Beaux Arts eclecticism for which Link was widely recognized; structurally for its use of columns, trusses and girders built up from angles and plates by riveting, similar to the St. Louis Union Terminal train shed by the same architect; and historically as the first home of the College of Agriculture, the State Agricultural Center, and the State Agricultural Extension Service. The original LSU campus plan and first group of buildings were Theodore C Link's last major commission. He died in Baton Rouge in November, 1923, while the buildings were under construction. Later campus plans were executed by Olmsted and Olmsted of New York, and by Saarinen and Swanson of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The campus was dedicated in 1926. At the time of recording, an application for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places is being prepared by the University, in cooperation with the State Division of Historic Preservation.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-123
Survey number: HABS LA-1207-A
Building/structure dates: 1923 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 88001586
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