The Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center is a historic hotel in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, originally built in 1927 as the Heidelberg Hotel. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
[ The Heidelberg Hotel was a favorite dwelling of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, who had a fourth-floor suite. For a time it was known as the Capitol House Hotel, when under the management of former ]State Representative
A state legislature is a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system.
Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United Sta ...
Chris Faser, Jr.
Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common.
People with the given name
*Chris Abani (born 1966), Nige ...
Huey P. Long, John F. Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, Jimmy Carter, Will Rogers
William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ...
, and Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
were all guests of the hotel.[ With .]
The hotel closed in 1985, and was mostly derelict until 2005. It reopened after a $70 million renovation on August 30, 2006, as the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center. the hotel was also inducted int
Historic Hotels of America
the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, since 2007.
The hotel's NRHP listing was increased in 2008 to include the Hotel King across the street and the listing was renamed Heidelberg Hotel and Hotel King .[ wit]
14 photos and three maps
/ref>
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
References
External links
*
*
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Hotels established in 1927
Hotel buildings completed in 1927
Capitol Center
Hotels in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2006 establishments in Louisiana
Historic Hotels of America
{{BatonRougeLA-struct-stub