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The original buildings at Xavier University of Louisiana are built with Indiana limestone. The Xavier University Main Building, Convent and Library are three late Gothic Revival architecture style buildings on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
When Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans area in August 2005, Xavier, located in the lower-lying Gert Town section and adjacent to the Washington-Palmetto Canal, [15] suffered damage to almost every structure on campus. Many buildings sat partially submerged for extended periods of time following the hurricane.
Xavier University, New Orleans. The university's former gymnasium known as "The Barn" is in the foreground. The gymnasium stood on the Xavier campus from 1937 until 2013. The multi-story building in the distance is the Xavier University of Louisiana Library.
H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, New Orleans, 1886–2006 — merged within Tulane University; Jefferson College, Convent, 1800s — closed. Campus currently a Jesuit retreat house. Leland College, New Orleans, Baker, 1870–1960 — closed
Xavier Prep was established in 1915 by Saint Katharine Drexel; its first president was a Josephite priest. [2] It was originally intended to be a revival of Southern University, which had recently relocated from Uptown New Orleans to Baton Rouge due to racist opposition to an HBCU being in the neighborhood.
The Gert Town, New Orleans neighborhood continues back to Xavier University of Louisiana, at the back end of the Ward, adjacent to I-10. [12] Arched iron gateway over the entrance to Carrollton Cemetery No.1 at Adams and Green Streets in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Audubon is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue to the north, Jefferson Avenue to the east, the Mississippi River and Magazine Street to the south, and Lowerline Street to the west.
Across Saint Charles Avenue, route of the famous St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, are Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans. The former site of Dominican College, just up from Broadway Street, is also in the Ward; it is now a satellite campus of Loyola.