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U.S. Route 90 (Jefferson Highway) runs through the center of the community, leading 6 miles (10 km) east to downtown New Orleans. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Jefferson CDP has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km 2), of which 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2) are land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2), or 17.46%, are water. [7]
Saint Mary's Academy - New Orleans - Has separate PK -7 girls' school, grade 4-7 boys' school - and 8-12 girls' school; St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners - Metairie - Established 2019, replacing Holy Rosary School and Our Lady of Divine Providence School; it occupies the former campus of the latter school. [8]
The plantation house and a 13.25 acres (5.36 ha) area comprising several non contributing structures was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 1986. [1] The plantation home and property has been used for many major motion picture productions filmed in the New Orleans area. [citation needed]
This is a list of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. The archdiocese encompasses eight civil parishes in Louisiana : St. Bernard , Jefferson (except Grand Isle ) [ note 1 ] , Orleans , Plaquemines , St. Charles , St. John the Baptist , St. Tammany , and Washington .
Lustron House - 3635 Livingston Street, New Orleans, Louisiana; Lustron House - 9412-14 Stroelitz Street, New Orleans, Louisiana - Double constructed of two joined Lustron Houses; Julius Reese Residence - 4940 St. Roch Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana; Lustron House - 41 Wren Street, New Orleans, Louisiana - demolished late 2019
The Administration building is also named as a City of New Orleans landmark, [3] although it does not appear on the list of city Historical Landmarks. [4] According to the National Register of Historic Places nomination the main building and the convent are two distinct buildings, [ 2 ] while some sources describe the structures as two wings of ...
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.
House on the 7th Ward side of Esplanade Avenue. The 7th Ward (Seventh Ward) is a legally defined voting ward and a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.A sub-district of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: A.P. Tureaud Avenue, Agriculture, Allen, Industry, St. Anthony, Duels, Frenchmen and Hope Streets to the north, Elysian ...