’ NINE MOST ENDANGERED through education, advocacy, and operation of the Pitot House . preservation The mission of the Landmarks Society is to promote historic 2010

PROFESSOR LONGHAIR’S HOUSE Central City NEW ORLEANS, LA 700119 1440 MOSS STREET LOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY ABANDONED AND DECOMMISSIONED CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP Citywide NEW ORLEANS BRACKETED HOUSE POLICE JAIL AND PATROL STATION UPTOWN 2010 Tremé LOCATION: 3619 Camp Street AUDUBON PARK TENNIS COURTS THREAT: Demolition by neglect and illegal intrusion AND AVENGER FIELD ( to the Levee) This excellent example of the New Orleans Bracketed Uptown Shotgun was constructed in 1889 as one of a trio. The City purchased it in 1911 for use as a custodial residence GENERAL LAUNDRY, of the adjacent school. It is now abandoned and in a CLEANERS AND DYER’S BUILDING state of extreme neglect and deterioration. The Orleans Mid-City Parish School Board has asked the State BESE Board to LAFAYETTE CEMETERY return control of the school and its custodial cottage to the School Board to be designated as surplus for disposi- NUMBER ONE Garden District tion and/or adaptive reuse. THE DEW DROP INN Central City NEW ORLEANS BRACKETED HOUSE Uptown MID-CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT (Bienville St. to the I-10 Pontchartrain Expressway and City Park Avenue to N. Derbigny St.) Mid-City MID-CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT MID-CITY LOCATION: Bienville St. to the I-10 Pontchartrain Ex- 2010 NEW ORLEANS’ NINE COMMITTEE pressway and City Park Avenue to N. Derbigny St. Betsy J. Stout, Chair THREAT: Confiscation and rezoning residential neighbor- Anne Morse, President hood for medical services district Jim Amdal James Logan This National Register neighborhood contains hundreds Jonah Dowling Charles Montgomery of Italianate, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow/Craftsman New Orleans, LA U.S. POSTAGE Karen Gadbois Sara Orton Permit No. 723 structures. Threatened by plans to create a twenty-sev- Organization Non- Profit en block hospital district, proposals for a medical services Lary Hesdorffer Sally Reeves PAID district endanger a larger area—stretching from Loyola Christel Kelley Larry Schmidt to South Carrollton, and Earhart to Iberville. These af- Michelle Kimball Peter Trapolin a project of fected areas of Mid-City need local historic district over- Woody Koppel Robert Williams The Louisiana Landmarks Society sight and protection such as that offered by the Historic District Landmark’s Commission. John Wettermark ABANDONED AND DECOMMISSIONED AUDUBON PARK TENNIS COURTS DEW DROP INN CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP CENTRAL CITY CENTRAL UPTOWN

CITYWIDE AND AVENGER FIELD edicated to drawing attention to significant and D LOCATION: Citywide LOCATION: Tchoupitoulas Street to the Levee LOCATION: 2836 La Salle Street THREAT: Commercial development THREAT: Demoliontion by neglect threatened sites in our city. The purpose of the pro- THREAT: Demolition by neglect, fire, vandalism gram is to build awareness of architecturally and his- Many New Orleans churches have been abandoned in For decades, in accordance with the 1929 mission of Famed for African American entertainment from 1945 – favor of larger, more centralized places of worship. Cre- the Audubon Park Natatorium, citizens have enjoyed the 1970, the two buildings that comprise the Dew Drop Inn torically significant places in New Orleans that are in ative adaptive reuse, such as the St. Alphonsus Commu- use of Avenger Ball Field and Audubon Tennis Courts, incorporated a barber shop, restaurant, barroom, and a nity Center development, should be actively sought for all located on land purchased from the Texas and Pacific hotel. Opened in 1939 by the Painia family, the club fea- danger of being lost. these lovely buildings, many of which deteriorate while Railroad in 1949. This land is marked as green space in tured national, regional and local acts. One blues singer awaiting buyers, such as Felicity St. Methodist Church. the new Master Plan for New Orleans. Yet the Audubon remembered it as “the foundation for musicians in New Others, like Chevra Thilim Synagogue in Broadmoor, are Park Commission, steward of the park, has recently en- Orleans...If you couldn’t get a gig at the Dew Drop, you slated for demolition. St. Maurice Catholic Church (pic- tertained an offer to lease the ball field and tennis courts weren’t about nothing.” The Dew Drop Inn was desig- tured), built in 1852 in Holy Cross neighborhood, has for private commercial development. As long as the nated a local Landmark in January, 2010, but the struc- been closed since . Commission is willing to consider this option, the green ture remains in dire need of repair. space will remain threatened.

PROFESSOR LONGHAIR’S HOUSE CENTRAL CITY CENTRAL

LOCATION: 1740 Terpischore Street THREAT: Demolition by neglect POLICE JAIL AND PATROL CENTER GENERAL LAUNDRY LAFAYETTE CEMETERY

TREMÉ CLEANERS AND DYER’S BUILDING NUMBER ONE GARDEN DISTRICT GARDEN Henry Roeland Byrd, (1918 - 1980), aka. Professor Long- MID-CITY hair, New Orleans Rock ‘n Roll pianist and songwriting LOCATION: 2552 St. Philip Street LOCATION: 2512 St. Peter Street LOCATION: 1400 Washington Avenue legend, lived modestly, often reclusively, in the house at THREAT: Demolition by neglect THREAT: Neglect THREAT: Neglect, vandalism, root damage 1740 Terpsichore in Central City. During his life, “Fess” was mostly unknown beyond New Orleans, poverty Owned by the City of New Orleans, this beautiful 1902 Constructed in 1939, the General Laundry, Cleaners and Lafayette Cemetery was laid out by Benjamin Buisson stricken, even with many hits including the Mardi Gras Queen Anne style structure is for sale. Its location within Dyer’s brightly hued terra cotta façade is attached to a in 1833 to serve the Protestant founders of the Garden anthem Big Chief. After his death, Professor Longhair the Bayou Road African American Heritage Cultural Dis- nondescript warehouse. Listed on the National Register District. Two massive oak trees now threaten over thirty received a Grammy in 1987 and was inducted into the trict entitles the owner to a 50% tax credit toward resto- of Historic Places in 1974, the façade’s various motifs, historic tombs. Owned and operated by the City, the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. His house, a late nine- ration if the building is used for commercial purposes for in unfaded colors, epitomize the Art Deco approach to cemetery also suffers from inadequate grounds keep- teenth century two-story, is owned by his descendants five years, or a 25% tax credit if it is used as a residence. geometric pattern as does no other New Orleans build- ing, improper tomb maintenance and lack of supervi- but appears to be uninhabitable. The appraised value of over one million dollars is not re- ing. Although the building is actively used for storage, sion of film crews who use and abuse this historic site. alistic, and without a buyer, the lovely “jail” will continue its one-of-a-kind façade, visible from Orleans Avenue, is What happens to the fees paid for the privilege of filming to be a victim of demolition by neglect. in need of preservation. here?