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The Louisiana State Capitol building is the capitol building of the state of Louisiana , located in Baton Rouge . At 450 Feet (137 Metre ) tall with 34 stories, it is the tallest state capitol building in the United States . It is located on a 27-acre tract, which includes the capitol gardens. The Louisiana State Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark . As part of his Gubernatorial campaign in 1928 , Huey Long advocated the construction of a new, modern capitol building to replace the Old Louisiana State Capitol building, built in 1847 . Ground was broken in 1930 , and the 27-month construction completed in 1932 . In 1935 , Huey Long (then a prominent United States Senator ) was shot in the Capitol building. He died two days later as a result of his wounds and is interred in the capitol gardens. Long contracted New Orleans architectural firm Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth to design the building, and expressed interest in a tower. They took Bertram Goodhue 's Nebraska State Capitol Building as their model, which was still under construction at the time. EXTERNAL LINKS
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