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, -90.0839729°55'47" N, 90°05'02" W
Quadrangle map:New Orleans East
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