One American Place, Office skyscraper in Downtown Baton Rouge, United States
One American Place is a 24-floor skyscraper in Downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, completed in 1974 and standing 308 feet (94 meters) tall. Its exterior surface is clad entirely in mirrored glass, and it is currently the second-tallest building in Downtown Baton Rouge.
The building was completed in 1974 and represented an important step forward for the downtown area. It was one of the first modern high-rises that changed how the city looked and felt.
Completed in 1974, One American Place rose during a period when downtown Baton Rouge was adding modern office towers. Its all-glass skin, unusual among the city's older masonry buildings, made it a marker of the capital's late-20th-century commercial growth. It remains the second-tallest building downtown.
The building sits in the heart of downtown and is easy to spot when walking along Main Street. The mirrored glass exterior makes it stand out, especially on sunny days.
Completed in 1974 at 308 feet, One American Place is the second-tallest building in Downtown Baton Rouge, behind only the Louisiana State Capitol. Its all-glass shell has no stone or metal cladding, so the tower reads as a single mirror from street level.
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