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Ricardo Lopez Mendez

    C.M. Washington High School

    C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named for...

    C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named...

    • louisiana
    • education
    • african american

    Calvary United Methodist Church

    This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's representatives...

    This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's...

    • louisiana
    • church
    • religion
    • african american

    St. John's Historic Cemetery

    Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block was...

    Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block...

    • louisiana
    • cemetery
    • thibodaux
    • lafourche parish

    Leonidas Polk

    Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned his...

    Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned...

    • louisiana
    • civil war
    • religion

    Moore McNamara House

    GARDEN DISTRICT ASSOCIATION MOORE MCNAMARA HOUSE Designed by noted architect Thomas Sully and built in 1892 for Irish-born, prominent banker Robert Moore Sr., this significant Garden District home...

    GARDEN DISTRICT ASSOCIATION MOORE MCNAMARA HOUSE Designed by noted architect Thomas Sully and built in 1892 for Irish-born, prominent banker Robert Moore Sr., this significant Garden District...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • garden district
    • architecture
    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • garden district
    • robert moore sr.
    • queen anne
    • colonial revival
    • 1892
    • samuel blessing
    • martin kahao
    • joseph hountha
    • 1877
    • 1937

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1945   Day of Infamy Speech   "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and...

    FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1945   Day of Infamy Speech   "Yesterday, December 7, 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • world war ii
    • wwii
    • 1933
    • 1941
    • 1945
    • franklin roosevelt

    610 Tchoupitoulas Street

    610 Tchoupitoulas Street First Renaissance Building   Built in 1843 and occupied in the 1930's by Southern Coffee Mills Ltd., coffee producers for Café Du Monde.   Purchased and renovated in 1999...

    610 Tchoupitoulas Street First Renaissance Building   Built in 1843 and occupied in the 1930's by Southern Coffee Mills Ltd., coffee producers for Café Du Monde.   Purchased and renovated in 1999...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • renaissance
    • 1843
    • 1999
    • 2001

    Merchants Mutual Insurance Company Building

    MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING   ERECTED IN 1859   WILLIAM A. FRERET, JR., ARCHITECT   C. CROZIER, CARPENTER-BUILDER   THE LOCAL FOUNDRY OF BENNETT & LURGES CRAFTED THE CAST-IRON...

    MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING   ERECTED IN 1859   WILLIAM A. FRERET, JR., ARCHITECT   C. CROZIER, CARPENTER-BUILDER   THE LOCAL FOUNDRY OF BENNETT & LURGES CRAFTED THE CAST-IRON...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • insurance
    • 1859

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Birthplace Danny Barker

    BIRTHPLACE DANNY BARKER January 13, 1909 African-American Creole guitar and banjo player, songwriter, composer, singer, author, historian, teacher, storyteller, humorist, actor and painter. Jazz...

    BIRTHPLACE DANNY BARKER January 13, 1909 African- American Creole guitar and banjo player, songwriter, composer, singer, author, historian, teacher, storyteller, humorist, actor and painter. Jazz...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • danny barker
    • 1909

    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

    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

    Frances Parkinson Keyes

    TO FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO LOUISIANA LITERATURE, THE RESTORATION OF BEAUREGARD HOUSE AND GARDEN AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KEYES FOUNDATION PLACED HERE BY THE VIEUX CARRE...

    TO FRANCES PARKINSON KEYES FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO LOUISIANA LITERATURE, THE RESTORATION OF BEAUREGARD HOUSE AND GARDEN AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KEYES FOUNDATION PLACED HERE BY THE VIEUX CARRE...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • frances park...

    Swans Club, Inc.

    Organized in October of 1952 by a group of educators who worked at Washington Elementary School. The mission of the organization is to provide humanitarian services to enhance community life. The...

    Organized in October of 1952 by a group of educators who worked at Washington Elementary School. The mission of the organization is to provide humanitarian services to enhance community life. The...

    • louisiana
    • kenner
    • education
    • jefferson parish