French Quarter, NOLA

  • Also Known As: Vieux Carre Historic District

  • Vicinity: Bounded by the Mississippi River, Canal St, N Rampart St and Esplanade Ave
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Highlights

Historical Museum

Museum

Urban Park

PLACES

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity
Halle des Boucheries
  • Sight
  • NRHP
850 - 800 Decatur St Dumaine St
Old Absinthe House
  • Sight
400 Bourbon St Conti St
Merieult House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
533 Royal St
1850 House Museum
  • Sight
  • Visit
  • NRHPc
  • LA US SM
523 St Ann St Jackson Square
Casa Correjolles
713 - 715 Governor Nicholls St Royal St
Madame John's Legacy
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • LA US SM
632 Dumaine St
French Market-Old Vegetable Market
  • Sight
  • NRHP
1000 Decatur St
Cafe du Monde
  • Eats
  • Sight
  • NRHPc
  • WBIT
800 Decatur St
The Presbytere
  • Sight
  • Visit
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • LA US SM
751 Chartres St
Gallier House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
1132 Royal St
Hermann-Grima House
  • Sight
  • Visit
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
818 - 820 St Louis St
Jackson Square
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Bounded by Decatur, St Peter, St Ann, and Chartres Sts
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
  • Drink
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
941 Bourbon St
Nicholas Girod House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
500 Chartres St
Lower Pontalba Building
  • Sight
  • NRHPc
501 - 541 St Ann St Jackson Square, btw Chartres St and Decatur St
New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old US Mint
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • LA US SM
420 Esplanade Ave N Peters St
Old Ursuline Convent
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
1114 Chartres St
Louisiana State Bank Building
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
403 - 409 Royal St
Bank of Louisiana
  • Sight
  • NRHP
334 Royal St
LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House
  • Activity
  • Sight
  • Visit
  • NRHP
1113 Chartres St
Upper Pontalba Building
  • Sight
  • NRHPc
500 - 546 St Peter St Jackson Square, btw Chartres St and Decatur St
The Cabildo
  • Sight
  • Visit
  • Visit
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
  • LA US SM
701 Chartres St
Aunt Sally's Pralines
  • Sight
810 Decatur St Madison St
LaLaurie Mansion
  • Sight
1140 Royal St Governor Nicholls St
Antoine's Restaurant
  • Eats
  • Best Eats
713 Saint Louis St Royal St
Faulkner House Books
  • Sight
  • 1000 Sh
624 Pirate Alley Royal St
Central Grocery Co
  • Eats
  • Sight
  • Deli
923 Decatur St Between St Philip St and Dumaine St
Hotel Monteleone
  • Lodging
  • Sight
  • HHotel
214 Royal St Iberville St
Omni Royal Orleans
  • Lodging
  • Sight
  • HHotel
621 St Louis Street Royal St
Bienville House
  • Lodging
  • Sight
  • HHotel
320 Decatur St Bienville St
Bourbon Street, New Orleans
  • Activity
  • Sight
  • 1000 Go
Bourbon St Canal Street to Esplanade Ave

Timeline

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

Timeline

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

Eat and Drink »

FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Beignet Pate Frite Cafe du Monde is the New Orleans destination for beignets with powdered sugar, coffee with chicory, and cafe au lait



Data »

Particulars for French Quarter, NOLA:
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



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000377
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Industry, Community Planning and Development, Landscape architecture, Engineering, Transportation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1700-1749, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1734, 1893
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion, Transportation, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related, Single dwelling, Hotel, Specialty store, Church related residence
Current Function: Education, Recreation and Culture, Domestic, Commerce, Trade, Religion, Landscape, Government, Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
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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