Land Building
Purchased in 1965 by
The Saint Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church
And named in honor of its first pastor and
Pastor Emeritus
The Rev. Dr. John Samuel Land
(1893-1993)
Dr. Land was born in York County, South Carolina and graduated in 1914 from Presbyterian College and in 1917 from Columbia Theological Seminary. From 1917 to 1959 he was pastor of this congregation. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Presbyterian College in 1936 and a Doctor of Laws degree from Tulane University in 1959. He was moderator of the Synod of Louisiana in 1936 and first president of the Greater New Orleans Federation of Churches in 1947.
This area was subdivided in 1836 as the Faubourg Bloomingdale and was part of Jefferson Parish until 1870 when it was annexed by the City of New Orleans.
This house was erected in 1897 as the family residence of the Omer Villere, Attorney, by Frank P. Gravely, Architect.