French Quarter, NOLA
- Also Known As: Vieux Carre Historic District
- Vicinity: Bounded by the Mississippi River, Canal St, N Rampart St and Esplanade Ave
| Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
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| Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | |
| Halle des Boucheries |
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850 - 800 | Decatur St | Dumaine St |
| Old Absinthe House |
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400 | Bourbon St | Conti St |
| Merieult House |
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533 | Royal St | |
| 1850 House Museum |
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523 | St Ann St | Jackson Square |
| Casa Correjolles |
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713 - 715 | Governor Nicholls St | Royal St |
| Madame John's Legacy |
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632 | Dumaine St | |
| French Market-Old Vegetable Market |
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1000 | Decatur St | |
| Cafe du Monde |
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800 | Decatur St | |
| The Presbytere |
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751 | Chartres St | |
| Gallier House |
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1132 | Royal St | |
| Hermann-Grima House |
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818 - 820 | St Louis St | |
| Jackson Square |
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Bounded by Decatur, St Peter, St Ann, and Chartres Sts | ||
| Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop |
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941 | Bourbon St | |
| Nicholas Girod House |
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500 | Chartres St | |
| Lower Pontalba Building |
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501 - 541 | St Ann St | Jackson Square, btw Chartres St and Decatur St |
| New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old US Mint |
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420 | Esplanade Ave | N Peters St |
| Old Ursuline Convent |
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1114 | Chartres St | |
| Louisiana State Bank Building |
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403 - 409 | Royal St | |
| Bank of Louisiana |
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334 | Royal St | |
| LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House |
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1113 | Chartres St | |
| Upper Pontalba Building |
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500 - 546 | St Peter St | Jackson Square, btw Chartres St and Decatur St |
| The Cabildo |
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701 | Chartres St | |
| Aunt Sally's Pralines |
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810 | Decatur St | Madison St |
| LaLaurie Mansion |
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1140 | Royal St | Governor Nicholls St |
| Antoine's Restaurant |
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713 | Saint Louis St | Royal St |
| Faulkner House Books |
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624 | Pirate Alley | Royal St |
| Central Grocery Co |
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923 | Decatur St | Between St Philip St and Dumaine St |
| Hotel Monteleone |
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214 | Royal St | Iberville St |
| Omni Royal Orleans |
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621 | St Louis Street | Royal St |
| Bienville House |
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320 | Decatur St | Bienville St |
| Bourbon Street, New Orleans |
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Bourbon St | Canal Street to Esplanade Ave |
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1835/07/03 | Anatole Placide Avegno | Born | Anatole Avegno is born in New Orleans. Son of Filippe Guiseppe Avegno (1785-1861) and Catherine Genois (1801-1854). The family lived at 927 Toulouse Street in New Orleans, having come from Camogli, Italy. | |||
| 1838/00/00 | Antoine Amedee Peychaud, a Creole from the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), dispenses brandy and his own Peychaud's Bitters mix at his Royal Street apothecary. | Peychaud's Bitters |
| Y/M/D | Description | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924/09/30 | Truman Streckfus Persons is born at Tulane Hospital, New Orleans. At the time, his mother, Lillie Mae Faulk, lived at the Hotel Monteleone. | Hotel Monteleone | New Orleans | Truman Capote's Birthday |
| Particulars for French Quarter, NOLA: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Celebration | Carnival Festival |
| Historic Use | Church Related Residence |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Area of Significance | Engineering |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Historic Use | Hotel |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
| Celebration | Mardi Gras |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Locale Type | Neighborhood |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Historic Use | Specialty Store |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
| Historic Use | Water-related |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Man's Holiday (short story) | Short Story | William Sydney Porter | By night the Rue Chartres is now but a murky fissure, from which the groping wayfarer sees, flung against the sky, the tangled filigree of Moorish iron balconies. | |
| Cherchez la Femme (short story) | Short Story | William Sydney Porter | He soon returned with the money, and the two musketeers loaded their precious package into a carriage and drove with it to Dumars's room, in old Chartres Street, nearby. |
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