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Fontainebleau Plantation Sugar Mill

These ruins are all that remain of Fountainebleau Plantation, once the summer home and plantation of Bernard de Marigny. Born in 1785 to a family closely tied to the earliest colonial efforts in...

These ruins are all that remain of Fountainebleau Plantation, once the summer home and plantation of Bernard de Marigny. Born in 1785 to a family closely tied to the earliest colonial efforts...

    Salmon Lusk Wright 1852-1929

    Developed at this site the world's best seed rice which revived that industry by insuring wider markets. His varieties that are used today for breeding purposes are Blue Rose, Louisiana Pearl,...

    Developed at this site the world's best seed rice which revived that industry by insuring wider markets. His varieties that are used today for breeding purposes are Blue Rose, Louisiana...

      Le Premier Puits de Pétrole

      Le 21 septembre 1901 á Evangéline, á 5 milles au nord-est, le forage du puits no. 1 Jules Clement de la compagnie "Jennings Oil" fut terminé par W. Scott Heywood et ses associés. C'est ainsi que...

      Le 21 septembre 1901 á Evangéline, á 5 milles au nord-est, le forage du puits no. 1 Jules Clement de la compagnie "Jennings Oil" fut terminé par W. Scott Heywood et ses associés. C'est ainsi...

        Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal)

        This congregation was founded in 1805, the first Episcopal church established in the former Spanish colony after the Louisiana Purchase. In its first service was held in the Cabildo on November...

        This congregation was founded in 1805, the first Episcopal church established in the former Spanish colony after the Louisiana Purchase. In its first service was held in the Cabildo on November...

          Gilmour – Parker House

          Erected 1853For Thomas Corse Gilmour,English Cotton MerchantIsaac Thayer, Architect-Builder.Sold by Gilmour heirs in 1882To John M. Parker,whose son, John M. Parker, Jr.,lived here and later...

          Erected 1853For Thomas Corse Gilmour,English Cotton MerchantIsaac Thayer, Architect- Builder.Sold by Gilmour heirs in 1882To John M. Parker,whose son, John M. Parker, Jr.,lived here and later...

            Solomon Northup “12 Years A Slave”

            Located in the Faubourg Marigny, from the corner of Esplanade Ave. and Chartres St., is the former site of Theophilus Freeman's notorious slave pen (demolished after the Civil War) where Solomon...

            Located in the Faubourg Marigny, from the corner of Esplanade Ave. and Chartres St., is the former site of Theophilus Freeman's notorious slave pen (demolished after the Civil War) where...

              Maisonette Creole

               In 1832 this site was a part of Jefferson Parish and was known as the Livaudais Plantation. In the late 90’s it was occupied as an English Apothecary and owned by R.N. Girland. Restored by Fannie...

               In 1832 this site was a part of Jefferson Parish and was known as the Livaudais Plantation. In the late 90’s it was occupied as an English Apothecary and owned by R.N. Girland. Restored by Fannie...

                R.N. Girling’s “English Apothecary”

                In this building Robert Nash Girling established his “English Apothecary” which he operated from the 1880s-1890s. An Englishman by birth, Girling studied pharmacy in England and at the Ecole de...

                In this building Robert Nash Girling established his “English Apothecary” which he operated from the 1880s-1890s. An Englishman by birth, Girling studied pharmacy in England and at the Ecole...

                  Colonel Short’s Villa

                  Built in 1859 for Colonel Robert H. Short of Kentucky, commission merchant, Henry Howard, architect, Robert Huyghe, builder.In 1832 this property, which was part of the Lavaudais Plantation was...

                  Built in 1859 for Colonel Robert H. Short of Kentucky, commission merchant, Henry Howard, architect, Robert Huyghe, builder.In 1832 this property, which was part of the Lavaudais Plantation was...

                    National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor

                    On January 7, 1815, the eve of the Battle of New Orleans, Ursulines and townsfolk prayed for victory, before the Virgin's statue, now in this National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Ever...

                    On January 7, 1815, the eve of the Battle of New Orleans, Ursulines and townsfolk prayed for victory, before the Virgin's statue, now in this National Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor....

                      Mater Dolorosa Church

                      This church came into being in 1899, when the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, established in the Town of Carrollton in 1848, and the Mater Dolorosa German Church, which dated from...

                      This church came into being in 1899, when the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, established in the Town of Carrollton in 1848, and the Mater Dolorosa German Church, which dated...

                        Picayune

                        Lumber and tung-oil center. Named for N.O. newspaper edited by former local resident, Eliza Jane Nicholson, famed as poet (Pearl Rivers) and pioneer in opening of journalism to women.

                        Lumber and tung-oil center. Named for N.O. newspaper edited by former local resident, Eliza Jane Nicholson, famed as poet (Pearl Rivers) and pioneer in opening of journalism to women.

                          Fontainebleau

                          Parc d'état. 24 milles à l'ouest se trouve l'emplacement de la maison estivale de Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville, brillant personnage de la vieille Louisiane. Il reste les ruines de la...

                          Parc d'état. 24 milles à l'ouest se trouve l'emplacement de la maison estivale de Bernard de Marigny de Mandeville, brillant personnage de la vieille Louisiane. Il reste les ruines de...

                            Don José Vidal

                            Spanish Commandant Post of Concordia, 1798-1803. Served in Spanish Navy in the American Revolution. Spanish Consul in Natchez. Louisiana Legislature named Vidalia in his honor in 1811.

                            Spanish Commandant Post of Concordia, 1798-1803. Served in Spanish Navy in the American Revolution. Spanish Consul in Natchez. Louisiana Legislature named Vidalia in his honor in 1811.

                              Kevin Costner’s Waterworld Trimaran

                              Kevin Costner's Trimaran Sailboat  Actual working model from Waterworld 1995  Universal Property Department

                              Kevin Costner's Trimaran Sailboat  Actual working model from Waterworld 1995  Universal Property Department

                                Alexander Lyman Holley

                                ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY BORN IN LAKEVILLE, CONN., JULY 20TH 1832DIED IN BROOKLYN N.Y., JANUARY 29TH 1882 IN HONOR OF ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEYFOREMOST AMONG THOSE WHOSE GENIUSAND ENERGY ESTABLISHED IN...

                                ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEY BORN IN LAKEVILLE, CONN., JULY 20TH 1832DIED IN BROOKLYN N.Y., JANUARY 29TH 1882 IN HONOR OF ALEXANDER LYMAN HOLLEYFOREMOST AMONG THOSE WHOSE GENIUSAND ENERGY ESTABLISHED...

                                  Marie Sklodowska Curie

                                  Marie Sklodowska Curie From ThePolish American ChildrenOf New York city November 7th 1934 On The Sixty Seventh AnniversaryOf Her Birth   Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

                                  Marie Sklodowska Curie From ThePolish American ChildrenOf New York city November 7th 1934 On The Sixty Seventh AnniversaryOf Her Birth   Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

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                                  Five Liberty Poles

                                  HERE IN THE ANCIENT COMMONS OF THE CITYWHERE BEFORE THE TIME OF OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCEFIVE LIBERTY POLES WERE SUCCESSIVELY SET UPTHIS FLAG POLE OF 1921 IS PLACEDIN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL...

                                  HERE IN THE ANCIENT COMMONS OF THE CITYWHERE BEFORE THE TIME OF OUR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCEFIVE LIBERTY POLES WERE SUCCESSIVELY SET UPTHIS FLAG POLE OF 1921 IS PLACEDIN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL...

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                                  The Brown Building

                                  THE BROWN BUILDING THIS TEN-STORY NEO-RENAISSANCE LOFT BUILDING, DESIGNED BYNEW YORK ARCHITECT JOHN WOOLLEY, WAS BUILT IN 1900-01 FORJOSEPH J. ASCH. THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY OCCUPIEDTHE...

                                  THE BROWN BUILDING THIS TEN-STORY NEO-RENAISSANCE LOFT BUILDING, DESIGNED BYNEW YORK ARCHITECT JOHN WOOLLEY, WAS BUILT IN 1900-01 FORJOSEPH J. ASCH. THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY...

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                                  Tisch Fountain

                                  TISCHFOUNTAIN THE RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN AND PLAZAWAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FAMILIES OFLAURENCE A. TISCH AND PRESTON R. TISCH 2008 Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

                                  TISCHFOUNTAIN THE RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN AND PLAZAWAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FAMILIES OFLAURENCE A. TISCH AND PRESTON R. TISCH 2008 Submitted by: Andrew Henninger

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