Garden District

Bounded by Carondelet, Josephine, and Magazine Sts., and Louisiana Ave., New Orleans, Louisiana

Photo

Elms Mansion

Photo taken by Michael Miller in July 2011

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Coordinates:
+29.92964, -90.08397
29°55'47" N, 90°05'02" W

Quadrangle map:
New Orleans East

Street Views

Description

This is a residential section fashionable since the 1830s, with homes representing all styles of popular architecture from antebellum times to the early 20th century. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, May 30, 1974

National Register information

Status: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1971
Reference number: 71000358
Architectural styles: Mid 19th Century Revival; Victorian
Areas of significance: Community Planning and Development; Landscape Architecture; Architecture
Level of significance: National
Evaluation criteria: C - Design/Construction
Property type: District
Historic function: Single dwelling
Current function: Single dwelling
Periods of significance: 1900-1924; 1875-1899; 1850-1874; 1825-1849
Significant years: ca. 1835; 1860
Number of properties: Contributing buildings: 300

Update Log

January 16, 2021: New photo from Michael Miller
August 10, 2017: New Street View added by Michael Miller
July 18, 2014: New photo from Michael Miller

Related landmarks

St. Charles Streetcar Line (Contributing resource)

Sources

Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
National Register database - Reference number 71000358 (Search for documents)
National Historic Landmark information