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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTC_st-charles-line_New-Orleans-LA.html
The New Orleans & Carrollton R.R. Co. began passenger train service on September 26, 1835. Steam-powered trains and mule drawn cars transported New Orleaniane between Canal and Carrollton via St. Charles Avenue.Improved technology led t the develo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTB_robert-e-lee_New-Orleans-LA.html
Commander in Chief Confederate States of America1861 - 1865Placed byJulia Jackson Chapter No. 4Children of the Confederacy
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTA_site-of-the-st-charles-theaters_New-Orleans-LA.html
The first St. Charles Theater, built by James Caldwell with Antonio Mondelli as architect, opened on this site November 30, 1835. It seated over 4,000 and was one of the largest theaters in the world. The American premieres of Bellini's Norma took…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYT9_bank-of-louisiana-in-new-orleans_New-Orleans-LA.html
The original Bank of Louisiana in New Orleans was chartered by Governor Claiborne in 1804 and its board included Julien Poydras and John McDonogh. The bank was formed after the Louisiana to provide the currency for the citizens of Louisiana to rep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSG_the-french-market_New-Orleans-LA.html
[Panel 1]:Ancient French Market dates its legal birth from September 10, 1784, when the "Authorities of Justice and Administration" decided that all retailers in the city should conduct their businesses on this spot.
In 1791 the first market st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSD_fort-st-charles_New-Orleans-LA.html
On Oct. 25, 1769, under Gen. O'Reilly, Spanish governor of Louisiana, executed French patriots and martyrs: de Lafreniere, Marquis, Noyan Caresse, Milhet; Vilere having died previously.Erected by the Louisiana Department of Commerce and Industry 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSB_pierre-masperos-exchange_New-Orleans-LA.html
where defenses of New Orleans were planned, 1814-15.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSA_jean-adrien-delpit-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected together with the adjacent building at 525 St. Louis Street by Etienne Debon who acquired both properties in 1807 from Jean Etienne Bor?, Claude Gerlie and Joseph Guillot, buiders.
This half of the Debon Building was extensively remodel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYS8_literary-landmark_New-Orleans-LA.html
Residence in the 1920s of Sherwood Anderson, author of "Winesburg, Ohio." While living here, Anderson hosted literary salons that powered the careers of William Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, Carl Sandburg and John Dos Passos.
Dedicated January 9, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYS6_the-presbyt-re_New-Orleans-LA.html
[Logo of the New Orleans Landmarks Commission on top]1964The Presbyt?reDesigned in 1791 by Gilberto Guillemard, architect, as the rectory of the Church of St. Louis. Construction, begun through the generosity of Don Andres Almonester Y Roxas, was …