New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain
Thursday, December 05, 2024
619 Bourbon Street -- Fouche House1939 view
http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/LSM_FQA,480
1964 photograph
Plans Dated May 24, 1860
1810 property purchased from Demcisells Armelis Dalomon Mallines (uncle of Vincent Rilleaux and great great grandfather of French artist Edgar Degas) by Julie bonne Foucher, a free woman of color.
Lake side of Bourbon Street
approximately 26 foot front, 120 feet back
2 stories, shared wall with neighboring building
red brick bearing walls (plastered)
ground level gallery with two large rooms
second story balcony on Bourbon Street with four rooms
slave quarters, kitchen, outhouse in rear REDO FLOOR PLAN DESCRIPTION
designed by Arsene La Carriere Latour (who was later General Andrew Jackson's engineer) and Hyacinthe Laclotte (known for his engraving of the Battle of New Orleans)
1812 purchased by Charles de Boisolanc
1818 auctioned to Mrs. R. O. Pritchard
1820 WD> Charles Patton
1826 Wd. M. Smith
1838 Victor David then Charles Caffin
1892 J.M. Jaubault
1895 Pascel Pareti
remained in Pareti family -- 1960s rotting, fallen plaster
1964 empty but owned by Marie Louise Pareti with plans for renovation into joint commercial/residential structure
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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French Quarter People and Places
Bourbon Street 229 Bourbon Street --Louis and Leon Prima 238 Bourbon Street -- Absinthe House 619 Bourbon Street -- Fouche House Canal Street The Custom House Esplanade Avenue 400 Esplanade -- U.S. Mint Governor Nicholls Street 1210 Governor Nicholls St -- St. Augustine's Church Olreans Street 717 Orleans Avenue -- Bourbon Orleans Hotel Royal Street 132 Royal -- Reliable Shoe Repair The French Market Nuns at the French Market 1936 Toulouse Street 720 Toulous Street 732 Toulouse Street |
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