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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1148_original-old-absinthe-bar_New-Orleans-LA.html
Est. 1806A tradition in the french quarters. This is thebar known to travelers the world over. From itcame the famous absinthe drip. The bar whereJean E Pierre LaFitte, Andrew Jackson,Mark Twain and other celebrities were served.If it could talk w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10R9_700-south-peters_New-Orleans-LA.html
Built in 1910-11 for the Orleans Manufacturing Company. This historic structure is architecturally significant to the Historic Warehouse District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10MB_the-747_New-Orleans-LA.html
Constructed in 1867 as the Old Iron Works and Machine Shop. In 1886 a new factory was built for the Consumer's Ice Company, incorporating the earlier walls of the original building. In 1891 an explosion partially destroyed the building. It was re-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10LT_higgins-boat-lcvp_New-Orleans-LA.html
On this site at 1755 St. Charles Avenue in May 1941, Andrew Jackson Higgins and Higgins Industries Inc. designed and produced America's first successful tank landing craft. Here Higgins produced his shallow draft "Eureka" work boats, which evolved…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYV0_commanders-palace_New-Orleans-LA.html
In 1832 this site was part ofthe J.F.E. Levaudais Plantation andwas acquired under French grant.Prior to 1880 the property formeda part of the City of Lafayette,Jefferson Parish, LouisianaDedicated 1944To Dining in the Grand Mannerby Frank and Ele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYUZ_r-n-girlings-english-apothecary_New-Orleans-LA.html
In this building Robert Nash Girling established his "Engish Apothecary" which he operated from the 1880s-1890s. An Englishman by birth, Girling studied pharmacy in England and at the Ecole de Pharmacie in Paris. In the early 1870s he immigrated w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYUY_gilmour-parker-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
Erected 1853For Thomas Corse Gilmour,English Cotten MerchantIsaac Thayer, Architect-Builder. Sold by Gilmour heirs in 1882To John M. Parker,whose son, John M. Parker, Jr.,lived here and later served asGovernor of Louisiana1920-1924. The dini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTN_canal-street-historic-district_New-Orleans-LA.html
Canal Street, New Orleans' widest thoroughfare, has long served as the retail heart of the city. With its broad "neutral ground,' it is the traditional dividing line between uptown and downtown and represents two centuries of American commercial a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTH_pecquet-building_New-Orleans-LA.html
In 1835 Louis Pecquet purchased this site and likely replaced the existing Spanish Colonial buildings shortly thereafter with the present Greek Revival shop-residence. During the late 1830s, the shop housed a dry goods store, then a milliner an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYTG_edgar-degas-house_New-Orleans-LA.html
This house was bequeathed to the artist and his sister by their maternal uncle Michael Musson. The property was at one time held by Wm. Kenner. Kenner was in New Orleans to assist Wm.C.C. Claiborne in the transfer of New Orleans and Louisiana Purc…
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