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Rabi Cottage, 1518 North Roman Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Creole Cottage was introduced to New Orleans by Haitian refugees in the 1790's. This style of house is popularly though to have evolved from the French an... More

Seven Oaks Plantation, Westwego, Jefferson Parish, LA

Significance: At Westwego across the river from uptown New Orleans stands one of the most impressive of Louisiana's great Greek Revival plantation mansions. Only Oak Alley in St. James Parish exceeds it in arc... More

The Academy, Union, St. James Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1266 Survey number: HABS LA-1161

Alma Sugarcane Plantation, Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA

1993 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The plantation was established by Julien Poydras, one of Louisiana's most noted philanthropists, poets, and planters. The frugal and diligent Poydras accumul... More

Magnolia Mound, Pigeonnier, 2161 Nicholson Drive (moved from Sunshine,...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Magnolia Mound plantation is a completely restored house and grounds, operated by the Baton Rouge Recreation Commission and the Foundation for a Historical Lo... More

Pitot House, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Pitot House is an example of West Indies architecture. This type of construction is well suited to the climate of New Orleans which, like the West Indies, is... More

Pitot House, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Hinckley House, De Jean Street, Washington, St. Landry Parish, LA

Significance: This house was built shortly after 1811 by Asa Norton, a tanner and businessman. The house is typical of country houses built along the bayous at the time. It is constructed of native cypress an... More

[Design drawing for stained glass Rose window with Latin Cross at cent...

Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Austerlitz Plantation, State Highway 1, Oscar, Pointe Coupee Parish, L...

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Austerlitz Plantation was built ca. 1832-35 by Antoine DeCuir, a free man of color, on 1800 acres of land purchased from the Indians by his father in 1783 on ... More

[Rebel huts, Port Hudson, Louisiana] / photographed by McPherson & Oli...

Photograph shows a row of log structures at Port Hudson, La., presumably used by Confederate troops, during the siege at Port Hudson, 1863. Title supplied from Louisiana Digital Library, Marshall Dunham Photogr... More

Roque Brothers Store, Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoch...

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Festival Hall from Grand Basin, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Lou...

H48933 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3062. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Festival Hall from Grand Basin, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Lou...

H48933 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 3062. Public domain photograph of a landmark building, world heritage site, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...

Field notes with main record TX-3404. Significance: Designed by the Galveston District COE in 1933 in conjunction with planning efforts for the construction of the New Orleans, Louisiana to Corpus Christi, Texa... More

High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Residence, State Highway 124 Cros...

[Design drawing for stained glass window "Forgiveness" for United Meth...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[New Orleans, river from Henner Bldg.]

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Isaiah Garrett Law Office, 520 South Grand, Monroe, Ouachita Parish, L...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Isaiah Garrett Law Office is situated on the site of a Spanish land grant awarded to Don Juan Filhoil, a French colonizer, in 1785. Filhoil sold the prop... More

Spanish Custom House, 1300 Moss Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS LA-18-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1784 Initial Construction

Spanish Custom House, 1300 Moss Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS LA-18-3 Building/structure dates: ca. 1784 Initial Construction

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing front. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Uni... More

Variety Plantation, State Highway 3066, Bayou Plaquemine, Plaquemine, ...

Survey number: HABS LA-1141 Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert A. Grinnan House (Garconniere), 2221 Prytania Street, New Orlea...

Survey number: HABS LA-1121 Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Birds' eye view of New-Orleans / drawn from nature on stone by J. Bach...

Bird's-eye view of New Orleans, Louisiana with the Mississippi River in the foreground.

High Island Bridge Tender's Station, Power House, State Highway 124 Cr...

The Cabildo (Supreme Court), New Orleans, La.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Magnolia Plantation, Blacksmith Shop, LA Route 119, Natchitoches, Natc...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-109 Survey number: HABS LA-1193-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Natio... More

Zeringue House, Hahnville Triangle, Hahnville, St. Charles Parish, LA

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Zeringue House is a well-preserved Creole house from the period 1810-1820. Its form and relatively elegant Federal interior styling link it with the New ... More

[Alexander Barrow, half-length portrait, facing three-quarters to the ...

Whig Senator from Louisiana, 1841-1846. Written on back of plate: Barrow, La. Transfer; U.S. War College; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46153). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Produced by Ma... More

Royal Street (Commercial Buildings), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1253 Survey number: HABS LA-176

Royal Street (Commercial Buildings), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1253 Survey number: HABS LA-176

Royal Street (Commercial Buildings), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1253 Survey number: HABS LA-176

Wibler-Woods House, 502 East Walker Street, Jefferson, Marion County, ...

Significance: The style of this house is unusual for the northeast Texas region. It shows a distinctive French architectural influence, possibly from New Orleans. Survey number: HABS TX-153 Building/structure... More

Old buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger, sitting, facing left, looking at the U.S. flag. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's Office of th... More

Musee Rosette Rochon, 1515 Pauger Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish,...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Rosette Rochon was a wealthy free woman of color born in Mobile, Alabama in 1760. She was the daughter of Pierre Rochon, an early ship builder an... More

Columbia Plantation, Edgard, St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS LA-1204

Ashland Belle Helene Plantation, Highway 75, Geismar, Ascension Parish...

1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Ashland-Belle Helene exemplifies the massiveness, extreme simplicity, and dignity which are generally held to epitomize the Classical Revival style of archite... More

Herman-Christophe House, 1728 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Na...

Survey number: HABS LA-1342 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carnahan Store, Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bayou Teche Bridge, Spanning Bayou Teche, Ruth, St. Martin Parish, LA

Significance: Bayou Teche Bridge is the oldest existing steel I-beam swing span in Louisiana. This bridge is 246 feet long and 15 feet wide. A hand-operated, equal arm swing span bridge, it was designed for a... More

Bayou Teche Bridge, Spanning Bayou Teche, Ruth, St. Martin Parish, LA

Louisiana State Bank, 403 Royal Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, L...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS LA-18-8 Building/structure dates: 1820 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 83004387

Birney Safety Streetcar No. 224, Fort Smith Trolley Museum, Fort Smith...

Significance: Streetcar Number 224 was built by the Saint Louis Car Company in 1926. It was bought that same year by the Fort Smith Light and Traction Company and served the Fort Smith, Van Buren area with dis... More

Roque House, Between Front Street & Cane River, Natchitoches, Natchito...

Survey number: HABS LA-1329 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jackson Barracks, Officers Quarters, 6400 Saint Claude Avenue, New Orl...

2009 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Building No. 7 is the most northwest of the Officers' Quarters which flank the parade ground. It is gable ended with a two story Doric colonnade, and features... More

Whitney Plantation, Louisiana Route 18, Wallace, St. John the Baptist ...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2019 Survey number: HABS LA-1194 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction National Register of His... More

Bubba's Juke Joint, 3410 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchit...

Survey number: HABS LA-1344 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louisiana Citizens to Andrew Jackson

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

U.S.S. Kineo and Hartford (on right), March 1863

Stereograph showing gunboats at dock at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Handwritten on verso: The cooling yard at Baton Rouge (Messrs. Hill & Markham), Miller, vol. 1, p. 233. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Colle... More

Photographs of the John Minor Wisdom U. S. Court of Appeals Building i...

Images show exterior and interior views of courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. Details include courtrooms, halls, ceilings and sculptural decoration. Arrangement: Arranged by photographer-assigned number. The... More

Photographs of the John Minor Wisdom U. S. Court of Appeals Building i...

Oakley Plantation, House, State Highway 965, Saint Francisville, West ...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Oakley Plantation House is, perhaps, the finest surviving historic example of Louisiana's rare Angle Tidewater Creole architecture. ...As one of only four sur... More

941 Bourbon Street (Cottage), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS LA-24 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000255

941 Bourbon Street (Cottage), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS LA-24 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000255

941 Bourbon Street (Cottage), New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS LA-24 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000255

Rebecca, a slave girl from New Orleans / Chas. Paxson, photographer, N...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of Rebecca Huger, sitting facing right, with the U.S. flag to her far right. Oh! How I Love the Old Flag caption below image. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the b... More

Fort Proctor, Lake Borgne, Shell Beach, St. Bernard Parish, LA

2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Fort Proctor (1856-1859) was partially constructed as part of the Third System of Defense (1816-Civil War) and although it was never completed or used a... More

Fort Proctor, Lake Borgne, Shell Beach, St. Bernard Parish, LA

Ain't you proud of your old Uncle Sam

by Fritz Arl and Hun S. Inger. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Magnolia Plantation, Overseer's House, LA Route 119, Natchitoches, Nat...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-108 Survey number: HABS LA-1193-C Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Construction Natio... More

Robinson-Jordan House, 1415 Third Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish,...

Significance: The design of this house is often attributed to James Gallier, Jr., an outstanding architect practicing in New Orleans before the Civil War. Survey number: HABS LA-1156

Robinson-Jordan House, 1415 Third Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish,...

Significance: The design of this house is often attributed to James Gallier, Jr., an outstanding architect practicing in New Orleans before the Civil War. Survey number: HABS LA-1156

Robinson-Jordan House, 1415 Third Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish,...

Significance: The design of this house is often attributed to James Gallier, Jr., an outstanding architect practicing in New Orleans before the Civil War. Survey number: HABS LA-1156

LaRionda Cottage, 1218-1220 Burgundy Street, New Orleans, Orleans Pari...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43 Survey number: HABS LA-192 Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction

LaRionda Cottage, 1218-1220 Burgundy Street, New Orleans, Orleans Pari...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43 Survey number: HABS LA-192 Building/structure dates: 1811 Initial Construction

President and Mrs. Roosevelt with President Francis of the Exposition ...

Theodore Roosevelt and David R. Francis on a crowded stand at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. H55144 U.S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood.

[Damage to Confederate fortifications at Port Hudson after the siege]

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title devised by library staff. No. 3 and C.D.E. inscribed on verso. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Ci... More

Le Veau House, Chenal vicinity, New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1396 Survey number: HABS LA-95

Boys looking at penny movies at South Louisiana State Fair. Donaldsonv...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hymel House, Southwest of River Road on Crescent Farm Plantation, Lutc...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-119 Survey number: HABS LA-1200

Sterling Sugar Mill, Parish Road 28 (Sterling Road), Franklin, St. Mar...

1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Sterling Sugar Refinery, established 1807, was acquired in 1902 by Sterling Sugar Railway Company. The complex consists of a sugar mill, operations house... More

Oakland Plantation, North Pigeonnier, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches...

Suggested address, Rt. 494, is not verifiable in documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The North Pigeonnier was built in the 1820's. The first floor is constructed of b... More

Braeme House, State Highway 36, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS LA-40

Braeme House, State Highway 36, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS LA-40

Braeme House, State Highway 36, Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS LA-40

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche ...

Significance: Largest nineteenth-century sugar plantation still intact in the United States. // Fronting Bayou LaFourche about two miles south of Thibodaux on Louisiana Highway 308 is Laurel Valley Plantation, ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bicyclist, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Barbarra Plantation (Garconniere), Saint Rose, St. Charles Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS LA-18-12 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

Barbarra Plantation (Garconniere), Saint Rose, St. Charles Parish, LA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS LA-18-12 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction

A black and white photo of a street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Negro sec...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tulane University, New Orleans, La.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Otis Hall, 1828 Calhoun Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Significance: The dwelling located at No. 1828 Calhoun Street is a contributing element to the Uptown New Orleans Historic District, a 750 block area listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ... More

Lemee House, 310 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, ...

Drawings include unnumbered cover sheet. Significance: Wall construction: Brick front stuccoed, sides painted white. Size and form: 48'0" x 46'1 1/3"; lower story and unfinished attic; one former on front and ... More

Lemee House, 310 Jefferson Street, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, ...

Woodland Plantation, Great House, State Route 23, West Pointe A La Hac...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Survey number: HABS LA-1260-A

Badin-Roque House, State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA

Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Troxler-Psayla Cottage, 919 Saint Philip Street, New Orleans, Orleans ...

Survey number: HABS LA-196 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bosworth-Hammond House, 1126 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans P...

Survey number: HABS LA-1143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bosworth-Hammond House, 1126 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, Orleans P...

Survey number: HABS LA-1143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bank of Cloutierville, Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish...

Survey number: HABS LA-1313 Building/structure dates: 1819 Initial Construction

Bank of Cloutierville, Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Parish...

Survey number: HABS LA-1313 Building/structure dates: 1819 Initial Construction

Rebecca. A slave girl from New Orleans

Photograph shows a vignette portrait of Rebecca Huger, facing right. Photograph probably by Chas. Paxson, of New York. "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by S. Tackaberry, in the Clerk's... More

Northwestern State University, Women's Gymnasium, U.S. Highway 6, Natc...

1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Northwestern State University Women's Gymnasium, 1923, is a three story brick Jacobean Revival building located on the edge of the university campus. The... More