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Begun in 1819, construction of Pentagon Barracks dragged on for five years because of epidemic yellow fever. Its fifth building, which gave the complex its name, soon collapsed into a pile of bricks. The remaining structures survived both Civil War bombardment and nearly two centuries of mischief by stationed U.S. Army troops, LSU students, and state legislators who still lodge here while in session.
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