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Louisiana State Bank Building

LOUISIANA STATE BANK BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A   NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1983  ...

LOUISIANA STATE BANK BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A   NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1983  ...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • french quarter
  • bank
  • 1983

Judge Fred J. Cassibry Square

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

    Rillieux-Waldhorn House

    PARISH ORLEANS LANDMARKS COMMISSION   RILLIEUX-WALDHORN HOUSE   ERECTED 1795-1800   FOR   VINCENT RILLIEUX-1740-1800   NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT   AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF   EDGAR DEGAS NOTED FRENCH...

    PARISH ORLEANS LANDMARKS COMMISSION   RILLIEUX- WALDHORN HOUSE   ERECTED 1795-1800   FOR   VINCENT RILLIEUX-1740-1800   NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT   AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF   EDGAR DEGAS NOTED...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • french quarter
    • vincent rillieux
    • edgar degas
    • barthlemy lefon
    • 1795
    • 1800
    • 1740
    • 1800
    • 1769
    • 1820
    • 1881
    • 1972

    Original Pierre Maspero's Slave Exchange Est. - 1788

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

      Girod House

      GIROD HOUSE ERECTED IN 1814BYNICHOLAS GIROD THE TWO STORY WING FACING ST. LOUIS STREET WAS BUILT BY HIS BROTHER, CLAUD FRANCOIS GIROD, ABOUT 1797. NICHOLAS GIROD WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS FROM...

      GIROD HOUSE ERECTED IN 1814BYNICHOLAS GIROD THE TWO STORY WING FACING ST. LOUIS STREET WAS BUILT BY HIS BROTHER, CLAUD FRANCOIS GIROD, ABOUT 1797. NICHOLAS GIROD WAS THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS...

      • lousiana
      • new orleans
      • girod
      • napoleon
      • bonaparte
      • exile

      Audubon Room

      Audubon Room   This typical creole cottage probably built before 1813, is considered the traditional site of the studio of famed naturalist painter, John James Audubon, and the place in which he...

      Audubon Room   This typical creole cottage probably built before 1813, is considered the traditional site of the studio of famed naturalist painter, John James Audubon, and the place in which he...

      • louisiana
      • new orleans
      • french quarter
      • john james audubon
      • 1813
      • 1821
      • 1822

      The Birthplace of "DIXIE"

      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

        French Patriots of 1768

        To the French patriots of 1768 who, in revolt against the transfer of the province of Louisiana from France to Spain, first voiced in America the principle of self-determination of nations.  In...

        To the French patriots of 1768 who, in revolt against the transfer of the province of Louisiana from France to Spain, first voiced in America the principle of self-determination of nations. ...

          New Orleans Slave Trade: The Cabildo

          THE CABILDO SITE ACTIVE LATE 1790s–1811 Bankruptcy and probate cases were decided in the Cabildo's courtroom. When slaveholders failed to pay their debts or died without a will, their...

          THE CABILDO SITE ACTIVE LATE 1790s–1811 Bankruptcy and probate cases were decided in the Cabildo's courtroom. When slaveholders failed to pay their debts or died without a will,...

          • new orleans
          • us domestic ...
          • slave trade
          • louisiana

          Servant of God

          Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

          Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

            Vieux Carré / Jackson Square

            VIEUX CARRE   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SITES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1935 THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN COMMEMORATING...

            VIEUX CARRE   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE HISTORIC SITES ACT OF AUGUST 21, 1935 THIS SITE POSSESSES EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN...

            • louisiana
            • new orleans
            • vieux carre
            • jackson square
            • 1935
            • 1970
            • 1963

            Jackson Square

            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

              510 Canal Street

              510 CANAL STREET   (BUILDING TO THE RIGHT)   This Italianate Style building dates back to the post- Civil War era and is the last of a pair of identical buildings in the city. In 2017 the Sazerac...

              510 CANAL STREET   (BUILDING TO THE RIGHT)   This Italianate Style building dates back to the post- Civil War era and is the last of a pair of identical buildings in the city. In 2017 the Sazerac...

              • louisiana
              • new orleans
              • civil war
              • 2017
              • 2019
              • sazarac
              • sazarac house

              The Steamer New Orleans

              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License