During the Great Depression, MG Raymond Fleming used the federal WPA program to repair, renovate and add new construction to Jackson Barracks. In 1937, a new headquarters building was constructed. In 1974, it was memorialized for General Fleming.
“Neo-Classical Revival” style to compliment the original 1830s “Neo-Classical” design. The façade is spanned by an integral two-story portico supported by eight colossal Tuscan columns. Art Deco interior details incorporate the American eagle and the Louisiana pelican.
Interior artwork portraits by Julius Woeltz depict local military figures such as Jean Lafitte, Daniel Clark and Andrew Jackson.
It currently houses the LANG “Hall of Fame” portraits on the second floor.
Fire here in 2005 inadvertently led to the discovery of Seminole women buried under a nearby building being renovated for temporary administrative use.
It flooded after Hurricane Katrina but was repaired, renovated, and reopened as a conference center and event hall in 2010.
Raymond Fleming served three nonconsecutive terms as the 38th (1928-1948), 40th (1952-1956), and 42nd (1960-1964) Adjutant General of Louisiana, appointed by Governors Huey Long, Robert Kennon, and Jimmy Davis.
He served as the first ever Chief of the Army Division, National Guard Bureau in 1947; then Chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1950-1953
A former commander of the Washington Artillery, Fleming commanded the LANG through the Great Depression and the mobilization for World War II. He was an influential voice in the movement toward a Selective Service System that was implemented just before World War II.
Major Fleming