Tower and Light: Louisiana State University
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Louisiana State University, located in Baton Rouge, LA, first opened on January 2, 1860 with William Tecumseh Sherman as Superintendent (now known as Chancellor). The Belltower was erected in 1923, a year after the president’s house was built in 1922 (now a street over).
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