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 ARTIST

THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE IS ATTRIBUTED TO BARTHELEMY LAFON 1769-1820 ARCHITECT, BUILDER, SURVEYOR AND TOWN PLANNER

THE WROUGHT IRON BALCONIES OF THE BUILDING ARE NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF SPANISH COLONIAL CRAFTSMANSHIP

OWNED BY

PAUL LANUSSE, 1800-1807
THOMAS ELMES, 1807-1810

JOHN GRIEVE, 1810-1811
PLANTERS' BANK, 1811-1820

BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, 1820-1836

NEW ORLEANS GAS LIGHT & BANKING CO., 1836-1838

OCCUPIED BY

WALDHORN. CO. INC., ANTIQUES

SINCE 1881

RESTORED 1972-FRERET & WOLF, ARCHITECTS

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