Major Fire at the Montgomery-Grace House, 2525 St. Charles Avenue
Today the city of New Orleans lost a very important piece of historic architecture. The Montgomery- Grace house caught fire early this morning and raged […]
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Happy Birthday James Dakin! (1806)
08/24/2018 | Architects | Katrina
Early Life On this day in 1806, James Harrison Dakin Jr., was born in the Township of Northeast, New York. His parents were James Dakin […]
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Happy Birthday William Freret! (1833)
01/19/2018 | Architects | Katrina
William Freret, Jr. was born on this day in 1833 to New Orleans mayor William Freret and Fanny Salkeld. He studied engineering in England, and […]
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Happy Birthday Benjamin Latrobe! (1764)
05/01/2017 | Architects | Katrina
Happy Birthday Benjamin Latrobe! On this day in 1764, Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe was born, near Leeds, England. He was educated as an architect and […]
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Free People of Color in Architecture (Part 2)
02/27/2017 | Architects | Katrina
Today we continue with the second part of post about free people of color and their contributions to architecture in New Orleans. If you missed […]
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For Black History Month I thought I would learn a little more about contributions made by free people of color in the architecture of New […]
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Happy Birthday James Gallier, Sr. (1798)
07/24/2016 | Architects | Katrina
James Gallagher was born in Ravensdale, Ireland on this day in 1798. His father, Thaddeus Gallagher, was a builder who trained his son in this […]
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Happy Birthday Pierre Benjamin Buisson! (1793)
05/20/2016 | Architects | Katrina
On this day in 1793, Pierre Benjamin Buisson was born in Paris to Jean-Francoise-Claude Buisson and Marie Esther Guillotte. He was educated at l’Ecole Polytechnique, […]
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Happy Birthday Henry Howard! (1818) Part 1
02/08/2016 | Architects | Katrina
On this day in 1818, Henry Howard was born in Cork, Ireland to Thomas Howard, an Irish builder. Henry studied at the Cork Mechanical Institute […]
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Happy Birthday Thomas Sully! (1855)
11/24/2015 | Architects | Katrina
Thomas Sully was born in Mississippi City, Mississippi, November 24th, 1855. He lived for a time in New Orleans and then moved to Austin, TX […]
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