New Orleans French Quarter - Chartres St. Photos

Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans runs past the Louisiana Supreme Court, Jackson Square, the old Ursuline Convent & St. Mary's Church, the Beauregard-Keyes & other historic houses.

See also: New Orleans
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Round corner of Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Pierre Maspero's Slave Exchange (1788) (440 Chartres at St. Louis) was site of meeting between Andrew Jackson & Lafitte Brothers to plan Battle of New Orleans.

Second City Criminal Court & Third Precinct Police Station (1915) (410 Chartres St.) now home of Williams Research Center of Historic New Orleans Collection.
Style: Beaux Arts.

Overview of Jackson Square with Cabildo, St. Louis Cathedral, Presbytère & Andrew Jackson statue. Jackson Square in French Quarter, New Orleans

Cabildo (1788 rebuilt 1795-99) now houses Louisiana State Museum was site of Louisiana Purchase Transfer (1803). Architect: Gilberto Guillemard. On National Register. Cabildo on Jackson Square, New Orleans

View of Jackson Square against downtown highrises. Presbytère on Jackson Square, New Orleans

Victor David House (1838) (620 St. Peter St.) now clubhouse of Le Petit Salon literary group.

Faulkner House Books (624 Pirate's Alley) where Faulkner worked on first novel.

De la Ronde House (c1807) (1021 Chartres St.).

Birth house (1027 Chartres St.) of jazz artist Danny Barker.

Don Manuel Lanzos house (1788) (632 Dumaine St.) now Madame John's Legacy Museum. Style: Creole French Colonial. Madame John's Legacy, New Orleans

Joseph LeCarpentier / Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard / Frances Parkinson Keyes House (1826) (1113 Chartres St.). Architect: François Correjolles. On National Register.

LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House porch.

Cast iron stairs up to LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House.

Garden (c1833) beside LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House restored in 1954 by author / Frances Parkinson Keyes foundation.

Kumquat tree in garden of beside LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House.

Old Ursuline Convent (1748-52) which became Archbishop's Palace (1824-99) & also meeting place of state legislature (1831-4) (1114 Chartres St.). Architect: Ignace Broutin & Andre De Batz. On National Register.

St. Mary's Catholic Church (1845) (1116 Chartres St.).

Portal of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Cast iron railing with flowers & Mardi Gras decorations on Chartres St. (1119 Chartres St.).

Cast iron grape-motif railings on gallery of (1127 Chartres St.).

Row of double gallery houses on Chartres St. from Gov. Nicholls St.

Double gallery house (1225 Chartres St.).

Streetscape along Barrack St. from Chartres.

Residential heritage corner building (1301 Chartres St. at Barrack).

Devil door knocker (1300 Chartres St.).

Red & gray brackets of shotgun double house (1304 Chartres St.).

Brackets of shotgun double house (1310-12 Chartres St.).

Henry Raphael Denis House (1834) , then home of Japanese chemist Jokichi Takamine, discoverer of Adrenaline (600 Esplanade at Chartres St.).

Detail of cast iron railings on Henry Raphael Denis House.


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