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The U.S. Congress lent $1 million to the fair's directors and gave $300,000 for the construction of a large U.S. Government & State Exhibits Hall on the site. [1] However, the planning and construction of the fair was marked by corruption and scandals, and state treasurer Edward A. Burke absconded abroad with some $1,777,000 of state money including most of the fair's budget. [2]
The Faubourg St. John area was settled in 1708 as Port Bayou Saint-Jean ten years before the city of New Orleans was founded. 40: Factors Row and Thiberge Buildings: Factors Row and Thiberge Buildings: April 4, 1983 : 401–405 Carondelet and 802–830 Perdido St.
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The Times-Picayune in 175 years – 1984: New Orleans plays host to the world's fair; ExpoMuseum's 1984 Louisiana World Exposition Section Archived February 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine; Video to promote attendance of the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair; Exposición Internacional 1984 Nueva Orleans [permanent dead link
St. Agnes School (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans) a K-7 Catholic school of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans, was previously in Jefferson. It was founded in 1941, [21] and closed in 2015. [22] In 2014 it had 161 students, [22] and then in 2015 it had 125 students.
Evergreen Plantation is a plantation located on the west side of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, near Wallace, Louisiana, and along Louisiana Highway 18. The main house was constructed mostly in 1790, and renovated to its current Greek Revival style in 1832.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million (equivalent to $509 million in 2023) [ 1 ] were used to finance the event.
[6] In 1884, Ohr exhibited and sold his pottery at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. [7] Of the hundreds of pieces he showed, Ohr boasted he showed "no two alike." [8] Ohr married Josephine Gehring of New Orleans on September 15, 1886. Ten children were born to the Ohrs, but only 6 survived to adulthood.