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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.
According to the 2020 United States census, there were 1,809 people, 604 households, and 446 families residing in the town. [14] At the 2019 American Community Survey, the racial and ethnic makeup of Jean Lafitte was 95.4% non-Hispanic white, 0.1% Black or African American, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.5% some other race, and 3.4% two or more races. [15]
The park operates a French Quarter Visitor Center at 419 Decatur Street (New Orleans), in the historic French Quarter. It interprets more generally the history of New Orleans and the diverse cultures of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta region. The headquarters of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve are located in New Orleans.
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 locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Cafe Lafitte in Exile on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, opened in 1933, claims to be the oldest gay bar in the United States. Cafe Lafitte in Exile is a bar in New Orleans' French Quarter that has operated continuously since 1933. It claims to be the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the United States (along with White Horse Inn in ...
Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte".
Ferrer's work, and that of his heirs, helped transform New Orleans from a working-class city into a tourist destination. [2] In the 1930s, following the end of Prohibition, bar-restaurants thrived in New Orleans. Many of these, including the Old Absinthe House, developed a following in the LGBT community in that decade. [3]
Tremé (/ t r ə ˈ m eɪ / trə-MAY) is a neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. "Tremé" is often rendered as Treme, and the neighborhood is sometimes called by its more formal French name, the Faubourg Tremé; [1] it is listed in the New Orleans City Planning Districts as Tremé / Lafitte when including the Lafitte Projects.