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The population of New Orleans and other settlements in south Louisiana suffered from epidemics of yellow fever, malaria, cholera, and smallpox, beginning in the late 18th century and periodically throughout the 19th century. Doctors did not understand how the diseases were transmitted; primitive sanitation and lack of a public water system ...
The Territory of Orleans (future state of Louisiana) is established, with the seat of government in New Orleans. 1805 – New Orleans incorporated as a city; 1806 – New Orleans Mechanics Society instituted. [5] 1810 – Population: 17,242. [6] 1811 – Largest slave revolt in American history occurs nearby, with Orleans Parish involved in its ...
Pages in category "18th century in New Orleans" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
New Orleans: Orleans: Built in the late 18th century in what then was outside of the city, home to Mayor James Pitot. Restored and open to the public. 84001347 Pleasant View Plantation House: April 5, 1984: Oscar: Pointe Coupee: 80004251 Judge Poché Plantation House: December 3, 1980: Convent: St. James: 87002136 Poplar Grove Plantation ...
Following the two great fires of New Orleans in the late 18th century, Spanish administrators enforced strict building codes, requiring strong brick construction and thick fire proof walls between adjoining buildings to avoid another city fire and to resist hurricanes but the Spanish did not directly influence much of the Quarter's architecture.
Colombage (half-timbered) or briquette-entre-poteaux (brick-between-post) was the major form of French Colonial construction in the colony during the 18th century (see also Pitot House). Usually the exterior walls were then given a protective covering of stucco or wooden boards; but the fact that the timbered walls of the Ursuline Convent were ...
Late 18th-century collage painting, New Orleans. Free people of color played an important role in the history of New Orleans and the southern area of New France, both when the area was controlled by the French and Spanish, and after its acquisition by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
The Pitot House is a historic landmark in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. The James Pitot House. The Pitot House is an 18th-century Creole colonial country home located at 1440 Moss Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.