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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYS4_cucullu-row_New-Orleans-LA.html
Built in 1828 by James Lambert and Louis Lemoyne for Simon Cucullu, these six rowhouses survive as the oldest intact row in the Vieux Carr?. Desporte Pharmacy operated here from 1887 to 1970.
On this corner once stood the 1730 celestial observa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYS3_de-la-ronde-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected about 1807 by Major General Pierre Denis de la Ronde on whose St. Bernard Parish plantation the first engagement of the Battle of New Orleans was fought on December 23, 1814.
This was de la Ronde's city residence until his death in 1825…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYRR_provincial-motel-site_New-Orleans-LA.html
Land grant from King Louis XV of France to Bienville's Lieutenant, Louis Boucher de Granpr? circa, 1725. In 1775 the tract was sold to Chevalier Jean Lavillebeuvre, "Sieur de Garrios", Indian agent for the Colony from 1780 to 1797. Acquired and de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYRQ_birthplace-of-danny-barker_New-Orleans-LA.html
African-American Creole guitar and banjo player, songwriter, composer, singer, author, historian, teacher, storyteller, humorist, actor and painter. Jazz Hall of Fame member. Recipient of National Endowment of the Arts Music Master Award and numer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQX_former-site-of-holy-family-sisters-convent_New-Orleans-LA.html
The old Orleans Ballroom built in 1817, served a number of purposes over the decades. Its most unique function was as a convent, orphanage, and school for the Sisters of the Holy Family, a religious community of negro nuns, now located on the Chef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQV_quartier-general-de-la-garde-municipale_New-Orleans-LA.html
SiteQuartier General de laGarde Municipale 1726Site & Walls &El Calabozo 1770Donated to the Louisiana State MuseumByW. Ratcliffe Irby 1922
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYP9_thomas-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Built in 1827 by John Mitchell and Isaac Lambert for Dr. Pierre Thomas, who acquired the site from the city.The house was remodeled and a new kitchen constructed for Dr. Thomas by Joseph Desjardin in 1844.The Federal-style townhouse remained in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYP7_faulkner-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Here in 1925 William Faulkner, Nobel Laureate, wrote his first novel "Soldiers Pay.
This building was erected in 1840 by the widow of Jean Baptiste LaBranche on a site formerly occupied by part of the yard and buildings of the French Colonial p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYP6_commag-re-mercier-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected about 1995 by Pedro Commg?re after an earlier house on this site was destroyed in the great fire of December 8, 1794.
In 1806 it was occupied in part by John Watkins, mayor of New Orleans and by Mr. Forstall's store.Sold by Pedro Commag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYP5_avart-peretti-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected 1842 as a two-story house for Mme. Augustine Eugenie de Lassize widow of Louis Robert Avart. J.N.B. de Pouilly and Ernest Goudchauz architect-buildersFrom 1906 through 1923 it was the residence and studio of the artist Achille Peretti.Duri…