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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUX_visit-historic-algiers-point_New-Orleans-LA.html
Catch the Ferry in the Terminal Straight Ahead
Ride the Canal Street—Algiers Ferry across the river, pickup a FREE walking tour brochure in the Ferry Terminal and enjoy a leisurely stroll through the charming streets and historic architec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28B3_importers-bonded-warehouses-henry-howard-architect_New-Orleans-LA.html
Constructed in 1868 by renowned New Orleans architect/builder Henry Howard, this building was comprised of six bonded warehouses, serving the thriving maritime commerce of the French Quarter Riverfront throughout the late 18th and early 20th centu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28A0_whitney-national-bank_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected 1888
Sully and Toledano, Architects
The main office of this Bank,
organized November 5, 1883,
was located in this red granite building
from 1888 until its adjacent building
was erected in 1911.
The newer building was designed by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GY_transatlantic-slave-trade-to-louisiana_New-Orleans-LA.html
(front side)
The trade of human beings from Africa to Louisiana began in 1718 with the first slave ships, the Aurore and the Duc du Maine, arriving in 1719. Those ships carried 451 enslaved Africans to the Louisiana colony. Their voyage marked th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GX_work-begins-on-new-orleans-spring-1718_New-Orleans-LA.html
In this vicinity during March-April 1718, French colonists under the command of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville, first cleared vegetation for the establishment of La Nouvelle Orleans. Bienville, who had first sailed by here in 1699, sel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZDY_st-alphonsus-church_New-Orleans-LA.html
The first of three great churches built by The Redemptorists for Catholics in the Irish Channel. St. Alphonsus for the Irish, St. Mary's Assumption for the Germans and Notre Dame de bon Secours for the French.Design by Baltimore architect Louis L.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZB2_st-theresa-of-avila-church_New-Orleans-LA.html
When the Faubourgs of uptown New Orleans were subdivided in 1838, Bishop Antoine Blanc accepted a donation from the estate of Mrs. Theresa Perie Saulet, of a square in Faubourg Saulet "for charitable purposes." It was her wish that a church bear t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XT0_the-beginning-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
Stephen Ambrose proposed the idea of a D-Day museum to his close friend Nick Mueller in the year 1990. The two historians at the University of New Orleans first discussed creating the museum over glasses of sherry in the back yard of Ambrose's hom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XSZ_atlantic-wall-fragments-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
On June 6, 1944, the three slabs of steel reinforced concrete before you constituted 20 feet and 16 tons of German fortified coastline that ran from the Franco-Spanish border in the south to Norway, over 2,400 miles to the north. "Atlantic Wall" w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XOU_114-magazine-street-historical_New-Orleans-LA.html
114 Magazine Street stands on property donated by noted philanthropist Paul Tulane to Tulane University on June 30, 1882. This property was part of the donation by Mr. Tulane which created Tulane University in 1882.
114 Magazine was designed by…