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Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
October 9, 1960 : New Orleans: Orleans: Convent established early in the colonial era by Ursuline nuns and New Orleans' oldest-surviving French Colonial building (1752). 53 † Vieux Carre Historic District: Vieux Carre Historic District
Originally scheduled for Halloween Weekend in New Orleans’ City Park, the Voodoo Music Experience was displaced by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. While plans were in full swing to move forward with a relocation to Memphis , Voodoo founder Stephen Rehage met with community leaders in New Orleans about the opportunity to move the event back ...
The Hermann–Grima House is a historic house museum in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The meticulously restored home reflects 19th century New Orleans. It is a Federal-style mansion with courtyard garden, built in 1831. It has the only extant horse stable and 1830s open-hearth kitchen in the French Quarter.
The House of Shock is a seasonal haunted attraction located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Every year, the House is opened on weekends in October. It is known for its satanic themes and intensity by New Orleans residents and tourists. The name "House of Shock" is a reference to the show of the popular long-time local horror host, Morgus the ...
Close to the Quarter is the Tremé community, which contains the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the New Orleans African American Museum—a site which is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. The Natchez is an authentic steamboat with a calliope that cruises the length of the city twice daily.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S. National Historical Park in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, near the French Quarter. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz. Most of the historical park property consists of 4 acres (16,000 m 2) within Louis Armstrong Park leased by the National Park Service.
City Park, a 1,300-acre (5.3 km 2) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 87th largest and 20th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. [ 2 ] : 30 City Park is approximately 50% larger than Central Park in New York City , [ 3 ] the municipal park recognized by Americans nationwide as the archetypal urban greenspace.