Central Business District Heritage Buildings between Canal & Poydras Streets Photos

The English-speaking American community of New Orleans built many banks & other financial buildings on the upriver side of Canal Street, along streets like Gravier. Today, these heritage buildings present an interesting diversity & rich decorative styles of architecture in what is called the New Orleans Central Business District.

See also: New Orleans, Lafayette Square, Canal Street Heritage Buildings
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International House Hotel (former Canal Louisiana Bank & Trust Co.) (1906) (12 floors) (221 Camp St.).
Architect: General Allison Owen.

View along Camp Street with International House, Teutonia Insurance, Mayer Memorial, & Old New Orleans Bank Buildings.

Facade of International House Hotel.

Carving of pelican feeding young over door of International House Hotel.

Teutonia Insurance Co. Building (217 Camp St.).

Greek mythological & caryatids of Teutonia Insurance Co. Building.

Roofline details of carved woman wearing lion skin on Teutonia Insurance Co. Building.

Facade decorations of Norman Mayer Memorial Building.

Norman Mayer Memorial Building (1900) (211 Camp St.).
Architect: Andry & Bendernagel.

Rococo-style decoration over door of Norman Mayer Memorial Building.

Old New Orleans Bank Building (1888) (201 Camp St.).

Upper story details of Old New Orleans Bank Building.

Terra cotta details of Old New Orleans Bank Building.

Heritage office building (218-220 Camp St.).

Gravier Building (aka Omni Hotel) (535 Gravier St.).

Whitney National Bank Safe Deposit Vaults (c1888) (619 Gravier St.).

Unique granite columns of Whitney National Bank Safe Deposit Vaults.

Whitney National Bank Building (1909) (14 floors) (228 St. Charles Ave.).
Architect: Emile Weil + Clinton & Russell,.

Whitney National Bank Building facade.

Entrance canopy of Whitney National Bank Building.

Bank of Louisiana (300 St. Charles Ave.).

Hibernia Bank Building over Bank of Louisiana.

St. Charles Avenue streetscape with Masonic & United Fruit Co. Buildings.

Touro Row (now Regions Bank) (301-17 St. Charles Avenue).

United Fruit Co. (1920) (now Fidelity Homestead Savings) (11 floors) (321 St. Charles Avenue).

Portal of United Fruit Co. building with fruit cornucopias.

Small stone building on St. Charles Ave. tucked between Masonic & United Fruit Co. buildings.

Hilton New Orleans (originally Masonic Building) (1926) (20 floors) (333 St. Charles Avenue).
Architect: Sam Stone Jr. & Co.

Facade carvings of Masonic (now Hilton) Building.

Hibernia Bank Building (1921) (20 floors) (812 Gravier St.).
Architect: Favrot & Livaudais, Alfred C. Bossom.

Roman temple atop Hibernia Bank Building.

U-shaped facade of Hibernia Bank Building.

Neoclassical details of Hibernia Bank Building.

Diagonal entrance corner of New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building.

New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building (1921) (231 Carondelet St.).
On National Register.

New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building.

Roofline of New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building.

National American Bank Building (1929) (23 floors) (200 Carondelet St.).
Architect: Moise Goldstein.

Church of the Immaculate Conception (1929) (134-144 Baronne St.).
Style: Moorish Revival.

Moorish arch of Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Interior of Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Stained glass & saints of Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Stained glass & columns of Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Parish building of Church of the Immaculate Conception (130 Baronne St.).

Orpheum Theatre (125 University Pl.). Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: G. Albert Lansburgh. On National Register.

Terra Cotta decoration on Orpheum Theatre.

Terra Cotta thespian motif on Orpheum Theatre.

Terra Cotta decoration on Orpheum Theatre.

New Orleans Board of Trade (336 Magazine St.).

Whitney Hotel in front of Poydras Center.

Whitney Hotel (1910) (7 floors) (610 Poydras St.).
Architect: Diboll, Owen & Goldstein. On National Register.

Le Pavillon Hotel (1907) (10 floors) (833 Poydras St.).
Architect: Toledano & Wogan, Rathbone E. DeBuys. On National Register.

Carriageway entrance of Le Pavillon Hotel.

Factor's Row (Carondelet at Perdido Sts.). Architect: Lewis Reynolds & Henry R. Thiberg. On National Register.

Queen & Crescent building against Capitol One building.

Queen City & Crescent City Railroad (now Queen & Crescent Hotel) (1913) (12 floors) (344 Camp St.).
Architect: Frank Gravely.

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