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Street address. 238 or 240 Bourbon St., New Orleans, Louisiana. Coordinates. 29°57′19″N 90°04′06″W / 29.955358°N 90.068434°W / 29.955358; -90.068434. Website. Official website. The Old Absinthe House is a historic building on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Destrehan Plantation (French: Plantation Destrehan) is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. It is located in southeast Louisiana, near the town of the same name, Destrehan. During the 19th century, the plantation was a major producer of indigo and then sugarcane.
Designated NHLDCP. May 30, 1974. The George Washington Cable House is a historic house at 1313 8th Street, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Built in 1874, it was the home of George Washington Cable (1844–1925), an American writer who described Creole life, during the period in which he rose to national prominence. [ 3 ]
941 Bourbon St., New Orleans, Louisiana. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is a historic structure at the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Philip Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. Most likely built as a house in the 1770s during the Spanish colonial period, it is one of the oldest surviving structures in New Orleans.
The Madewood Plantation House is located on the northern bank of Bayou Lafourche, on manicured grounds separated from the bayou by Highway 308. It is a two-story 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m 2) masonry, built with massive brick walls that have been finished with stucco scored to resemble stone blocks. Its five-bay facade is fronted by a six-column ...
May 30, 1974 [ 2 ] Designated NHLDCP. December 21, 1965. The Hermann–Grima House is a historic house museum in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The meticulously restored home reflects 19th century New Orleans. It is a Federal -style mansion with courtyard garden, built in 1831. It has the only extant horse stable ...
The House of the Rising Sun. " The House of the Rising Sun " is an American traditional folk song, sometimes called " Rising Sun Blues ". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by ...
The New Orleans slave market was closed in 1864 by the United States Army: "By order of Major General Banks, all the 'signs' of the slave-pens or auctions were erased. The names of Hatch's [sic], Foster's, Wilson's, Campbell's, have disappeared from their respective houses. Campbell's slave pen is a rebel-prison.