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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...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • civil war
  • 2017
  • 2019
  • sazarac
  • sazarac house

DPW Ft. Hamilton Pkwy

FAPR 59-1STA. P140+06 FT. HAMILTON PKWY.-H. DRIVE DPW STATE OF NEW YORK 1959Submitted by Lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • kensington
  • windsor terrace
  • dpw
  • 1959

Aerostat Park

Aerostat Park Oregon St. On this spot, opened in 1929, lies Berkeley's first dirigible aeropark. Lighter-than-air enthusiasts commut- ed safely on first-class and charter flights to Oakland,...

    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
    • 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...

    • 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...

    • 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....

    • 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...

      • 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...

      • 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

      • 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

      • 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...

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

      Built by Works Progress Administration 1935-1936

      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.  ...

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