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- Leon_C._Weiss abstract "Leon Charles Weiss (December 10, 1882 – April 1, 1953) was a politically connected American architect who designed most major monuments of the Huey Pierce Long, Jr., gubernatorial administration in Louisiana, including the skyscraper-shaped capitol, the governor's mansion, and Louisiana State University buildings, all in Baton Rouge, and the LSU Medical School in New Orleans.Weiss was born in Farmerville in Union Parish, north of Ruston. In 1903, he graduated from engineering school at Tulane University in New Orleans He formed the Weiss and Dreyfous firm in New Orleans in 1920 with F. Julius Dreyfous. The name was changed in 1927 to Weiss, Dreyfous, and Seiferth, when Solis Seiferth entered the firm.In the 1920s, the firm designed the Jung and Pontchartrain hotels in New Orleans and the Eola Hotel in Natchez, Mississippi. They also designed the Granada Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana. The three partners met Long and financially backed him for governor in 1928 and successfully opposed his impeachment in 1929.The company continued to design state buildings in the Richard Webster Leche administration (1936–1939). These included Charity Hospital (\"Big Charity\") in New Orleans and other university structures.Weiss (not Dreyfous and Seiferth) was indicted in 1939 during the \"Louisiana Hayride\" scandals for having used the United States mail to defraud in regard to an unspecific building contract for Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana. Critics said that Weiss' trial was marked by \"guilt-by-association\" tactics used by the U.S. attorney, Malcolm Lafargue, and by anti-Semitism. He was convicted in 1940 and imprisoned. He resumed his practice in 1952, only a year before his death. With Edward Silverstein, he managed to design an addition to the Jung Hotel.Weiss died in New Orleans.".
- Leon_C._Weiss birthDate "1882-12-10".
- Leon_C._Weiss birthPlace Farmerville,_Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss birthPlace Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss birthYear "1882".
- Leon_C._Weiss deathDate "1953-04-01".
- Leon_C._Weiss deathPlace Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss deathPlace New_Orleans.
- Leon_C._Weiss deathYear "1953".
- Leon_C._Weiss nationality United_States.
- Leon_C._Weiss significantBuilding Louisiana_State_Capitol.
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- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Category:Tulane_University_alumni.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Charity_Hospital_(New_Orleans).
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- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Jung_Hotel.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Lincoln_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Louisiana_State_Capitol.
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- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Louisiana_Tech_University.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Mail.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Malcolm_Lafargue.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Natchez,_Mississippi.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink New_Orleans.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Pontchartrain_Hotel.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Richard_W._Leche.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Ruston,_Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Skyscraper.
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink Tulane_University.
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- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
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- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLinkText "Leon C. Weiss".
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLinkText "Weiss".
- Leon_C._Weiss wikiPageWikiLinkText "Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth".
- Leon_C._Weiss almaMater Tulane_University.
- Leon_C._Weiss birthDate "1882-12-10".
- Leon_C._Weiss birthPlace "Farmerville, Louisiana, U.S.".
- Leon_C._Weiss dateOfBirth "1882-12-10".
- Leon_C._Weiss dateOfDeath "1953-04-01".
- Leon_C._Weiss deathDate "--04-01".
- Leon_C._Weiss deathPlace "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.".
- Leon_C._Weiss name "Leon Charles Weiss".
- Leon_C._Weiss name "Weiss, Leon C.".
- Leon_C._Weiss nationality United_States.
- Leon_C._Weiss occupation Architect.
- Leon_C._Weiss placeOfBirth "Farmerville, Louisiana".
- Leon_C._Weiss placeOfDeath "New Orleans".
- Leon_C._Weiss practice "Weiss, Dreyfous, and Seiferth".
- Leon_C._Weiss shortDescription "American architect".
- Leon_C._Weiss significantBuildings Louisiana_State_Capitol.
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- Leon_C._Weiss description "American architect".
- Leon_C._Weiss description "American architect".
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- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:American_Jews.
- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:American_architects.
- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:American_businesspeople.
- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:American_businesspeople_convicted_of_crimes.
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- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:Architects_from_New_Orleans,_Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:People_from_Ruston,_Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:People_from_Union_Parish,_Louisiana.
- Leon_C._Weiss subject Category:Tulane_University_alumni.
- Leon_C._Weiss type Agent.
- Leon_C._Weiss type Architect.
- Leon_C._Weiss type Artist.
- Leon_C._Weiss type Person.