enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Cemeteries_of_New...

   West bank of New Orleans Carrollton Cemetery: 1849: Suburban: Extant: Many in-ground burials City of New Orleans Cemetery Department Greenwood Cemetery: 1852: Historic rural: Extant: Many benevolent associations have monuments there St. Louis Cemetery No. 3: 1854: Roman Catholic: Extant: Elaborate crypts Greek Orthodox section St. Joseph ...

3. Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Cemetery_No._1

   1972. Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is a historic cemetery in the Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1833 and still in use today, the cemetery takes its name from its location in what was once the City of Lafayette, a suburb of New Orleans that was annexed by the larger metropolis in 1852. [1][2] The city's first ...

4. Saint Louis Cemetery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis_Cemetery

   Saint Louis Cemetery (French: Cimetière Saint-Louis, Spanish: Cementerio de San Luis) is the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the graves are above-ground vaults constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2 are included on the National Register of Historic Places [1] and the ...

5. Metairie Cemetery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metairie_Cemetery

   Metairie Race Course Announcement The Times Picayune Thursday March 1, 1838. Before becoming a cemetery, the site, established on a high-and-dry ridge along Bayou Metairie (now Metairie Road), [3] was a horse racing track, founded in 1838 by Col. James Garrison and Richard Adams [4] who acquired the land from the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company.

6. Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Lafitte_National...

   The Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery is located in Chalmette, Louisiana, six miles (10 km) southeast of New Orleans, on the site where the 1815 Battle of New Orleans took place. It is "an integral part of both the history of New Orleans and of the nation," according to National Park Service historians because the cemetery is one of ...

7. Holt Cemetery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_Cemetery

   The city of New Orleans conducted $450,000 in repairs and upgrades to Holt Cemetery in 2013 and 2014. [2] However, the graves and tombs themselves remain in a state of significant neglect, with human remains being evident. New burials continue at Holt Cemetery, and the graves show evidence for frequent visits and various cultural materials. [7]