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The Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans, New Orleans, United States, are a group of forty-two cemeteries that are historically and culturally significant. These are distinct from most cemeteries commonly located in the United States in that they are an amalgam of the French, Spanish, and Caribbean historical influences on the city of New Orleans ...
The Girod Street Cemetery (also known as the Protestant Cemetery), was a large above-ground cemetery that resided in central New Orleans, Louisiana, established in 1822 for Protestant residents of the Faubourg St. Mary and was closed down in the 1940s. The cemetery then remained unused, until it was officially torn down on January 4, 1957.
Also referred to as the Green Street Cemetery, Carrollton Cemetery No.1 covers a four block area, and is bounded by Adams, Hickory, Birch, and Lowerline Streets. [13] The cemetery is dominated by in-ground burials with several aisles of above-ground tombs. [14]
All Saints Day in New Orleans – Decorating the Tombs in One of the City Cemeteries, an 1885 engraving. 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.
Interments at the former Girod Street Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana Pages in category "Burials at Girod Street Cemetery" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery is the oldest Fraternal Cemetery in New Orleans. Land for the Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery was purchased for $700 in 1847 by the members of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. [2] The cemetery was officially opened in 1849 as a burial place for members of the Odd Fellows and their families.
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.
Chalmette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana.The cemetery is a 17.5-acre (7.1 ha) graveyard adjacent to the site that was once the battleground of the Battle of New Orleans, which took place at the end of the War of 1812. [2]