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Alfred Bradley Fitt (April 12, 1923 – July 7, 1992) was an American attorney who served as General Counsel of the Army from 1964 to 1967, as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs from 1967 to 1969, and as general counsel of the Congressional Budget Office from 1975 to 1992.
The house is named for James Pitot, the fourth owner of the house who resided there from 1810 to 1819. Pitot is considered to be the first "American" mayor of New Orleans (1804–1805); for although he was a native of France, he became a naturalized American citizen before arriving in New Orleans in 1796. Inside are American and Louisiana ...
Lois Ann Dickson Fitt Rice (February 28, 1933 – January 4, 2017) was an American corporate executive, scholar, and education policy expert. [1] Known as the "mother of the Pell Grant " [ 2 ] because of her work lobbying for its creation, [ 1 ] [ 3 ] she was national vice president of the College Board from 1973 until 1981. [ 4 ]
Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
The U.S. gained rights to use the New Orleans port in 1795. [citation needed] Louisiana (New Spain) was transferred by Spain to France in 1800, but it remained under Spanish administration until a few months before the Louisiana Purchase. The huge swath of territory purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 was sparsely populated.
This style of architecture developed in New Orleans and is the city's predominant house type. The earliest extant New Orleans shotgun house, at 937 St. Andrews St., was built in 1848. [ citation needed ] Typically, shotgun houses are one-story, narrow rectangular homes raised on brick piers.
Lois Nelson Andrews is photographed in Tuba Fats Square in New Orleans, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Andrews, a New Orleans cultural icon who led countless processions as grand marshal of jazz funerals ...
Exterior view of Rice Mill Lofts, March 2015. Rice Mill Lofts is a five-story residential building in New Orleans, located in the bohemian Bywater neighborhood, near the Mississippi River. It houses 69 lofts, townhouses and studios, and is located next to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). [1] Mariza, a restaurant, opened in 2013.