Madame John's Legacy, 632 Dumaine Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Significance: Named by the writer, George W. Cable, in his "Old Creole Days," this building appears first on Engineer Broutin's map of the city in 1728 as Captain Pascal's Place. It appears to have survived the first major fire in the city in 1788, according to Governor Miro's map; purchased in 1925 by Mrs. I.I. Lemann who presented it to the State of Louisiana which maintains it as a museum.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N216

Survey number: HABS LA-39

Building/structure dates: 1728 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: ca. 1947 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000256

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1947

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