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The Presbytere
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1791/00/00 Gilberto Guillemard Architect Designed by Gilberto Guillemard to match the Cabildo, construction begins on Casa Curial (Ecclesiastical House) using funds donated by Don Almonester y Roxas.
1791/00/00 Andres Almonaster y Rojas Benefactor Designed by Gilberto Guillemard to match the Cabildo, construction begins on Casa Curial (Ecclesiastical House) using funds donated by Don Almonester y Roxas.
1798/00/00 After the completion of only one of the planned two stories, construction is halted on Casa Curial.
1813/00/00 The wardens of the St Louis Cathedral have the Presbytere completed with the addition of a second story.
1847/00/00 Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba Influence In the 1840s, Baroness Pontalba's planned renovations to her own buildings in the area motivate the city council to make similar improvements on Jackson Square by adding French style mansard roofs to both the Presbytere and the Cabildo.

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Particulars for The Presbytere:
Architectural Style American Colonial
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Church school
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Religious Property
Other Description Spanish Colonial
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 70000257
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Architect: Guillemard,Guilberto
Architectural Style: Colonial, Other
Attribute: Spanish Colonial
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1791, 1813
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Church school
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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