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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

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

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 New Orleans Musicians Tomb

THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS TOMB   This historic tomb which since the 19th century had interred the Sacred Union Society and the Barbarin Family now also acts as the New Orleans Musicians Tomb. The...

THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS TOMB   This historic tomb which since the 19th century had interred the Sacred Union Society and the Barbarin Family now also acts as the New Orleans Musicians Tomb....

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • cemetery
  • 2004
  • anna ross twichell
  • mitchell gaudet
  • music
  • tomb
  • mausoleum

Aqui Torturo

    Benjamin Henry Boneval LaTrobe / Henry Sellon Boneval LaTrobe

    IN THE PROTESTANT SECTION OF THIS CEMETERY WERE INTERRED   BENJAMIN HENRY BONEVAL LATROBE   BORN FULNECK, ENGLAND. MAY 1.1764. DIED NEW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER 3. 1820   FOUNDER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL...

    IN THE PROTESTANT SECTION OF THIS CEMETERY WERE INTERRED   BENJAMIN HENRY BONEVAL LATROBE   BORN FULNECK, ENGLAND. MAY 1.1764. DIED NEW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER 3. 1820   FOUNDER OF THE...

    • new orleans
    • louisiana
    • cemetery
    • benjamin latrobe
    • henry latrobe
    • 1764
    • 1820
    • 1792
    • 1817

    Douglass V. Freret

    DOUGLASS V. FRERET   1903 - 1973   ARCHITECT   THE HALLMARK OF HIS WORK WAS GRACE AND BEAUTY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF UTILITY. THIS GATEWAY IS DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS WIFE, RUTH JAHNCKE...

    DOUGLASS V. FRERET   1903 - 1973   ARCHITECT   THE HALLMARK OF HIS WORK WAS GRACE AND BEAUTY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF UTILITY. THIS GATEWAY IS DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS WIFE, RUTH...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • douglass freret
    • 1903
    • 1973
    • 1982
    • botanical garden
    • garden

    Marian Ruth Willhoft

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF: MARIAN RUTH WILLHOFT SEPT 9, 1962 MARCH 29, 1980 DONATED BY: MARTHA C.M.WILLHOFTSubmitted by @lampbane

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF: MARIAN RUTH WILLHOFT SEPT 9, 1962 MARCH 29, 1980 DONATED BY: MARTHA C.M.WILLHOFTSubmitted by @lampbane

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • botanical garden
    • garden
    • marian ruth willhoft
    • 1962
    • 1980

    Donated by Rotary International of New Orleans

    DONATED   BYROTARY INTERNATIONAL   OF   NEW ORLEANS   1982Submitted by @lampbane

    DONATED   BYROTARY INTERNATIONAL   OF   NEW ORLEANS   1982Submitted by @lampbane

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • botanical garden
    • garden
    • rotary club
    • 1982

    Kitchen in the Garden

    KITCHEN in the GARDEN NEW ORLEANS BOTANICAL GARDEN   A PROJECT OF THE NEW ORLEANS BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION   Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation Friends of City Park The Garden Study Club of...

    KITCHEN in the GARDEN NEW ORLEANS BOTANICAL GARDEN   A PROJECT OF THE NEW ORLEANS BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION   Collins C. Diboll Private Foundation Friends of City Park The Garden Study Club of...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • botanical garden
    • garden
    • robert becker

    Built by Works Progress Administration 1935-1936

    BUILT BY WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION 1935-1936Submitted by @lampbane

    BUILT BY WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION 1935-1936Submitted by @lampbane

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • garden
    • botanical garden
    • 1935
    • 1936
    • works progre...

    Garden of the Sun

    "GARDEN OF THE SUN"   THE BACKER FAMILY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF CITY PARK. THE PLAQUE BELOW HONORING ALBERT F. BACKER WAS PLACED NEAR A SUNDIAL LOCATED BEHIND THE CASINO BUILDING.   1963...

    "GARDEN OF THE SUN"   THE BACKER FAMILY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF CITY PARK. THE PLAQUE BELOW HONORING ALBERT F. BACKER WAS PLACED NEAR A SUNDIAL LOCATED BEHIND THE CASINO BUILDING.  ...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • botanical garden
    • garden
    • art
    • albert backer sr.
    • 1963
    • 1949
    • 2020

    Chapel Of The Rain

    Chapel Of The Rain   Robin Tanner American 1947   A Gift Of The Garden Study Club Of New OrleansSubmitted by @lampbane

    Chapel Of The Rain   Robin Tanner American 1947   A Gift Of The Garden Study Club Of New OrleansSubmitted by @lampbane

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • robin tanner
    • art
    • garden
    • botanical garden
    • 1947

    Nude Girl with Shell

    Nude Girl with Shell   Bronze c. 1966   On Loan from The Helis FoundationSubmitted by @lampbane

    Nude Girl with Shell   Bronze c. 1966   On Loan from The Helis FoundationSubmitted by @lampbane

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • art
    • sculpture
    • botanical garden
    • garden
    • 1966

    A Remarkable Life - Enrique Alférez

    A REMARKABLE LIFE   Enrique Alférez was born on May 4, 1901 in San Miguel de Mexquital, Zacatecas, Mexico. "His introduction to America came through Texas, followed by four years in Chicago. But...

    A REMARKABLE LIFE   Enrique Alférez was born on May 4, 1901 in San Miguel de Mexquital, Zacatecas, Mexico. "His introduction to America came through Texas, followed by four years in Chicago. But...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • garden
    • botanical garden
    • enrique alférez
    • 1901
    • 1988

    Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden

    The Helis Foundation   Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden October 28, 2015Submitted by @lampbane

    The Helis Foundation   Enrique Alférez Sculpture Garden October 28, 2015Submitted by @lampbane

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • botanical garden
    • garden
    • sculpture garden
    • 2015

    Magic in the Moonlight 2013

    MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT 2013   HONORING THE GARDEN STUDY CLUB OF NEW ORLEANS   FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GARDENSubmitted by @lampbane

    MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT 2013   HONORING THE GARDEN STUDY CLUB OF NEW ORLEANS   FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS SUPPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GARDENSubmitted by @lampbane

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • art
    • garden
    • botanical garden
    • 2013

    Fritz Bultman, Good News I

    FRITZ BULTMAN GOOD NEWS I, 1963 ON LOAN, COURTESY OF THE HELIS FOUNDATION   #ARTFORALLNOLA   About the Artist:   Born in New Orleans in 1919, Fritz Bultman was a noted early Abstract Expressionist...

    FRITZ BULTMAN GOOD NEWS I, 1963 ON LOAN, COURTESY OF THE HELIS FOUNDATION   #ARTFORALLNOLA   About the Artist:   Born in New Orleans in 1919, Fritz Bultman was a noted early Abstract...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • art
    • fritz bultman
    • 1963

    Rosemonde E. Emile Kuntz Rooms

    ROSEMONDE E. AND EMILE KUNTZ ROOMS   THESE ROOMS, EXHIBITING CHOICE EXAMPLES OF AMERICA'S FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS HERITAGE IN NEW ORLEANS, WERE FIRST CONCEIVED BY FELIX HERWIG KUNTZ (1890-1971),...

    ROSEMONDE E. AND EMILE KUNTZ ROOMS   THESE ROOMS, EXHIBITING CHOICE EXAMPLES OF AMERICA'S FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS HERITAGE IN NEW ORLEANS, WERE FIRST CONCEIVED BY FELIX HERWIG KUNTZ...

    • new orleans
    • louisiana
    • museum
    • rosemonde kuntz
    • emile kuntz

    Telescope for a Tombstone: The Great 36-inch Refreactor