Cousin Cottage, 1231 Marais Street, Faubourg Treme, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Summary
2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: This single story townhouse is of a type known as a "banquette cottage" or sidewalk cottage in New Orleans. This type became popular as replacement houses, particularly in the old Creole Foubourgs of the city - the Vieux Carre, Marigny and Treme - following the second great fire in 1794.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N651
Survey number: HABS LA-1302
Building/structure dates: ca. 1828 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1999- ca. 2000 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cousin, Terrance
Huye, Michael
Edwards, Edward, project manager
Louisiana State University F. B. Kniffen Cultural Resources Lab, sponsor
Lyons, Kelly, delineator
Fang, Zhanxi, delineator
Floyd, Jason, delineator
Harmon, Liz, delineator
Mire, Janie, delineator
Zhitao, Su, delineator
Sherlock, Garold W, delineator
Fountain, Steve, delineator
Boudreaux, Yvonne Marie, delineator
Location
louisiana, 29.96536, -90.07234
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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