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Ramos Residence

Florencio Ramos (1861-1931), saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist, lived here at 4505 Dryades Street from 1929 until 1931. He arrived in New Orleans for the World’s Industrial and Cotton...

Florencio Ramos (1861-1931), saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist, lived here at 4505 Dryades Street from 1929 until 1931. He arrived in New Orleans for the World’s Industrial and...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

Carrere Residence

George J. Carrere (1889-1962), violinist, orchestra leader, and music teacher, lived here at 4611 Chestnut St. from 1917 to 1962. A graduate of Straight University, he taught at New Orleans...

George J. Carrere (1889-1962), violinist, orchestra leader, and music teacher, lived here at 4611 Chestnut St. from 1917 to 1962. A graduate of Straight University, he taught at New...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

Riley Residence

Teddy Riley (1924-1992), trumpet player and bandleader, lived here at 914 Valence Street from 1962 to 1992. He played with Joe Avery's Band, Jeanette Kimball, The Music Masters, Don Raymond, The...

Teddy Riley (1924-1992), trumpet player and bandleader, lived here at 914 Valence Street from 1962 to 1992. He played with Joe Avery's Band, Jeanette Kimball, The Music Masters, Don Raymond, The...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

Dedroit Residence

John “Johnny” DeDroit (1892-1988) cornetist, and bandleader, lived here at 737 Henry Clay Avenue from 1929 until 1933. He was a cornet soloist at age 12 at the Winter Garden Theater on Baronne...

John “Johnny” DeDroit (1892-1988) cornetist, and bandleader, lived here at 737 Henry Clay Avenue from 1929 until 1933. He was a cornet soloist at age 12 at the Winter Garden Theater on...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • music

1481 Exposition

circa 1889 The land in front of this house, from the Mississippi River to the universities, was once a plantation acquired by Pierre Foucher in 1793. Several of the massive oak trees from the...

circa 1889 The land in front of this house, from the Mississippi River to the universities, was once a plantation acquired by Pierre Foucher in 1793. Several of the massive oak trees from...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • historic

Brian Mortensen

    Emily Carr House

    Submitted by @Ritterton.

    Submitted by @Ritterton.

      The Site of Tyburn Tree

      Submitted by @Ritterton.

      Submitted by @Ritterton.

        This Deck Built in Memory of Bill Norton Nu '60

          Paul Boüet Laffitte (1746-circa 1815)

          The progenitor of the Laffitte family in northwest Louisiana was born in Pouyroquelaure, Gascony, France on March 4, 1746 to Francois Jean Boüet and Marie de Laffitte. He immigrated to Louisiana...

          The progenitor of the Laffitte family in northwest Louisiana was born in Pouyroquelaure, Gascony, France on March 4, 1746 to Francois Jean Boüet and Marie de Laffitte. He immigrated to Louisiana...

          • louisiana
          • settler

          Church of the Holy Apostles

          Built on this site in 1856 for the Bayou Pierre community by Fr. Jean Pierre, a native of Lanloup, France, who died a martyr to his charity in the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Shreveport.

          Built on this site in 1856 for the Bayou Pierre community by Fr. Jean Pierre, a native of Lanloup, France, who died a martyr to his charity in the 1873 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Shreveport.

          • louisiana
          • church
          • catholic

          Rock Chapel

          Built in 1891 by the Carmelite Order. 2007 by Susan Constant Chapter National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.

          Built in 1891 by the Carmelite Order. 2007 by Susan Constant Chapter National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century.

          • louisiana
          • chapel
          • nscdxvii

          Pine Crest Cemetery

          Located on the highest elevation of Atlanta, the first two acres of this site were formally deeded to the city for cemetery use by Preston Rose Scott in 1887. The earliest marked grave, that of...

          Located on the highest elevation of Atlanta, the first two acres of this site were formally deeded to the city for cemetery use by Preston Rose Scott in 1887. The earliest marked grave, that of...

          • texas
          • cemetery
          • cass county

          Methodist Episcopal Church of Douglassville

          Area Methodists established a church on this site in 1856, shortly after the founding of Douglassville. It replaced arbors and campgrounds as the center of worship, and was first served by circuit...

          Area Methodists established a church on this site in 1856, shortly after the founding of Douglassville. It replaced arbors and campgrounds as the center of worship, and was first served by circuit...

          • texas
          • church
          • cass county

          Douglassville Baptist Church

          This church was organized in 1869 by 14 charter members and two elders. Services of all faiths were generally held in a school building in that era. The congregation erected its first church...

          This church was organized in 1869 by 14 charter members and two elders. Services of all faiths were generally held in a school building in that era. The congregation erected its first...

          • texas
          • church
          • cass county
          • baptist

          Douglassville Baptist Church

          This church was organized in 1869 by 14 charter members and two elders. Services of all faiths were generally held in a school building in that era. The congregation erected its first church...

          This church was organized in 1869 by 14 charter members and two elders. Services of all faiths were generally held in a school building in that era. The congregation erected its first...

          • texas
          • church
          • cass county
          • baptist

          Douglassville Cemetery

          Williamson Petty (1820-1867),Sulphur River ferryman, donated land for this cemetery from a claim which he settled in 1850. Col. John C. Douglass (1818-63), from Georgia, bought in 1855 all of the...

          Williamson Petty (1820-1867),Sulphur River ferryman, donated land for this cemetery from a claim which he settled in 1850. Col. John C. Douglass (1818-63), from Georgia, bought in 1855 all of the...

          • texas
          • cemetery
          • cass county

          Miss Rose's Bar

          Miss Rose's Bar, designed and sculpted by local artist Al Lavergne, was displayed at the 1984 World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Miss Rose's Bar is a symbolic representation and tribute...

          Miss Rose's Bar, designed and sculpted by local artist Al Lavergne, was displayed at the 1984 World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Miss Rose's Bar is a symbolic representation and tribute...

          • louisiana
          • lafayette
          • art
          • sculpture. metalwork

          Site of Epperson's Ferry

          At this crossing, constructed by nature and used by Caddo Indians, early French and Spanish explorers and travelers over Trammel's Trace, 1815, 1830, Mark Epperson before 1837 established ferry...

          At this crossing, constructed by nature and used by Caddo Indians, early French and Spanish explorers and travelers over Trammel's Trace, 1815, 1830, Mark Epperson before 1837 established ferry...

          • texas
          • historic site
          • 1936

          Maud United Methodist Church

          Organized as a mission by the Rev. Thomas Jefferson Milam of Old Boston, on farm of Jesse M. Ball, Three Springs community, Aug. 10, 1874. Original meetinghouse was built immediately on Ball's...

          Organized as a mission by the Rev. Thomas Jefferson Milam of Old Boston, on farm of Jesse M. Ball, Three Springs community, Aug. 10, 1874. Original meetinghouse was built immediately on Ball's...

          • texas
          • church
          • bowie county