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New Orleans’ Historic Neighborhoods Uptown, Carrollton & Broadmoor

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Uptown New Orleans is a world unto itself, city’s biggest universities, Tulane and Loyola, Bienville in 1719, then divided into smaller The tree-lined streets, tropical foliage, more like a separate village within the city are located here, as are some of New Orleans’ plantations in 1723. Sugar was rst granulated charming cottages and maybe even a chance rather than just a neighborhood. It is the best parochial and private schools, making the on one of these, the de Boré Plantation, in encounter with a wandering peacock make largest neighborhood in the city, and is also area attractive to families. Magazine Street 1794, and a major brickyard had developed Carrollton feel nostalgic, and whimsical; the the largest historic neighborhood in the stretches the length of the neighborhood and is on the Bouligny Plantation by 1820. Today, students, faculty and alumni of nearby Loyola United States listed on the National Register lled with busy local merchants. Audubon Park, the sounds of New Orleans’ active port along and Tulane universities who live in the area of Historic Places, with over 10,000 historic the Audubon Zoo and the Fly are all fantastic the Mississippi in Uptown can be heard also bring the feel of a college town. buildings of signi cance within. The area from locations for people to pass an afternoon, as throughout the neighborhood. Avenue to Broadway is lled with a is a ride on the St. Charles streetcar, named a Carrollton was established as a rural resort diverse population of residents, streetscapes National Historic Landmark in 2014. The plantations that comprised the land community outside of New Orleans in 1833, of beautifully maintained homes of all sizes Uptown began subdividing in the mid 19th and the neighborhood still has a laid-back shaded by towering live oaks, and plentiful Uptown was part of lands granted to Louisiana century. Seven faubourgs, or developments, feel. Oak Street, one of Carrollton’s main shops, restaurants and groceries. Two of the Governor Jean Baptiste LeMoyne, Sieur de were the result, combining in 1850 to form shopping corridors, still has the look and feel Je erson City (between Toledano and of the 1950s, while Maple Street o ers chic Je erson streets). New Orleans annexed that boutiques, delectable dining and several land in 1870. By that time, prominent citizens co ee shops in addition to typical college- had already begun building urban villas along town fare. Good restaurants in all price ranges St. Charles Avenue. The 1884-1885 World’s are plentiful in Carrollton, and food types span Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition a global variety of ethnicities. on the present-day site of Audubon Park created a building boom in the area. Today’s Uptown retains many of the grand homes built in the late 19th century along St. Charles Avenue and in exclusive cul-de-sac developments like Rosa Park. On oak-shaded streets intersecting St. Charles, Prytania and Magazine, Uptown’s major thoroughfares, frame houses with ample galleries are the norm. Closer to the river, more modest shotguns built to house 19th-century workers have charm amidst the tropical foliage of the neighborhood’s streets. Though it was only named a National Register Historic District in 1985, for over a century Uptown has been a premier urban residential neighborhood that o ers a legacy of gracious living.

Photo— Liz Jurey BROADMOOR

Early development of the area concentrated Broadmoor is an architecturally, economically near the natural levee fronting the river. and racially diverse neighborhood in the By the 1850s, Carrollton had a racetrack, heart of New Orleans largely de ned by the ne gardens, a hotel and an elegant train impressive 20th-century historic homes that station. Tourists have been replaced by line Napoleon Avenue and Fontainebleau students, and the neighborhood’s many Drive. But there is a variety of architecture businesses cater to the lively residents throughout the neighborhood, from wooden who call Carrollton home. A ride up St. shotguns and Arts and Crafts-style bungalows Charles Avenue in the streetcar follows to grand Mediterranean Revival and Spanish the sharp bend in the river (the levee is Colonial-style estates — even the Rosa Keller only two blocks behind) and turns to go up Library branch, with a historic brick façade , ending at the street’s and Spanish tile roof, has an ultra-modern intersection with . The addition, showcasing the di erent styles route is advantageous for residents and a one can see amongst Broadmoor’s nearly pleasure-ride back in time for tourists. The 800 historic structures. It was listed on the neighborhood was added to the National National Register of Historic Places in 2003. Register of Historic Places in 1988. Development in the area began in the 1880s, when the land was still marshy pasture. After big rains it literally became a huge lake — a favorite shing spot for Uptowners. Drainage canal projects began in 1885, including the construction of Pumping Station #1 at S. The neighborhood is especially attractive a vital New Orleans neighborhood would Broad and Washington Avenue (the station to families, as many homes have yards be disastrous. It worked, and today the is listed on the National Register of Historic and o -street parking. Children or not, all neighborhood is once again thriving, with an Places). The neighborhood’s building boom of Broadmoor’s residents are passionate, active community center, new restaurants, really took place in the 1920s, and by 1930 however. From its beginning in the 1930s, the a well-traversed tness and arts trail along Broadmoor had its own newspaper, The Broadmoor Improvement Association (as it’s Napoleon Avenue. Broadmoor News. The Broadmoor Civic now called) has always had a reputation as Improvement Association also formed around being one of the most uni ed neighborhood that time, one of the rst neighborhood associations in the city. This area was associations in the city. The opening of the devastated by the levee failure that followed Chevra Thilim Synagogue on S. Claiborne and and many o cials were Jena streets in 1948 attracted a large Jewish in favor of abandoning it altogether to focus population to the area. It has since closed, but rebuilding e orts in other neighborhoods Broadmoor as a whole still has a healthy mix instead. Broadmoor residents rose up, of residents from all walks of life with diverse however, and organized to convince city religious backgrounds. o cials that the impact of disinvesting such NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT HISTORIC DISTRICT LANDMARKS COMMISSION BOUNDARY WALKING PATH ROUTE SITE OF INTEREST STREETCAR ROUTE HISTORIC SITES OF INTEREST WALKING / BIKING / DRIVING TOURS

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P A L M PRYTANIA THEATRE 1914 AUDUBON ZOO 1914 UPTOWN wonderful variety of restaurants and cafes, E T 1 17 T O 5339 Prytania St 6500 Magazine St most in historic buildings. A ride on the St. Charles Avenue streetcar is a New Orleans’ oldest active movie theater. MILTON H. LATTER fne way to survey the course of New Orleans’ Riding the streetcar to its terminus brings you 18 upriver march during the 19th century. to Palmer Park, a lovely public square with a P MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1907 O N C H 5120 St. Charles Ave Uptown begins at Louisiana Avenue. Enjoy the memorial commemorating both Carrollton’s A R T R A TOURO SYNAGOGUE 1909 mansions that line St. Charles, many of which incorporation and area residents who served in I N 2 E A E R X H 4238 St. Charles Ave TEMPLE SINAI 1927 are attributed to famous architects. Milton WWII. It’s also the site of an annual arts market A P R R 19 F T E I S G B S L Y V W 6227 St. Charles Ave H. Latter Memorial Library (1907) at 5120 St. for holiday shopping every December. Cross D W A P W K Y R O P I L A Home to one of the oldest Jewish congregations Charles Ave. is the only grand St. Charles Carrollton to take a stroll on Neron Place, part T E S S C I A H H N V I A D A A N R E house open to the public. Temple Sinai of a comfortable middle class neighborhood P D in Louisiana, this building was designed as a HOLY NAME R D R G F 20 I T C P L F B O O N E E developed in the 1930s. The live oaks here form O 1914 (1927), 6227 St. Charles Ave., is home to New T N later home for the group by Emile Weil. OF JESUS CHURCH L J D F . A A N S S V E N T Orleans’ oldest reform congregation, while an arcade that is one of the prettiest in the city. R 6367 St. Charles Ave A E O P T P . L L S I E 25 M Gothic Holy Name of Jesus Church (6367 A N H E W L A S L St. Charles), built in 1914 for the Jesuits of O M C ROSY’S HALL 1855 N E S O 3 V L L E A O Y P 500 Valence St 1 8 5 2 Loyola University, is a landmark for Catholics BROADMOOR R I G S 21 Y F S L O A T L N S in the city. The entrance to Audubon Park Z 719 Carrollton Ave O O / T D E H N A A D D E I R P E T R N T A O C N O E O across from Loyola and Tulane universities From westbound Claiborne Avenue turn L O Legendary jazz club turned event venue. B L R O N S O L . A B R

L E S S O F A . L B Y R CARROLLTON S U . E S is beautiful. The large white corner house right onto Octavia Street to start your 23 A This Neoclassical structure, which was the E R E . S R D G V C O C N P I I R A . L O U R T A S C N D N D E originalA Jeferson Parish courthouse, was (1907) on the edge of Tulane’s campus was tour. The homes here are representative N E I T N B A N D I G . I O E O P R A A R P S H G R L T L E L R - M O O N T R C P E W HOME OF BOSWELL SISTERS adaptivelyC reused and has been the site of occupied by United Fruit Company magnate of the architecture found throughout the E . N D V I . T N A A S E S P L S 4 Y V T E Y E L M P P C E S G E A N neighborhood, from various historic revival Samuel Zemurray before it was donated to the L A A E 3937 Camp St many schools. R E D M E N K G N E - P O T E M N A E A M E A R A O P A O U N E C I S university to serve as the president’s home. styles to raised bungalows. In fact, 41 percent R E T O D M N V E E N N S U S L I L O I A ROUTE O N A B M A L S B V A M E T - D P I C S L Home of the famous vocal trio of sisters. Next door, Audubon Place is a private street of homes in Broadmoor are bungalows. Due I V R END E C E N E U M L O O C E R E W E T A C A A L T D to fooding, early homes were raised, with full E D L MATER DOLOROSAR CHURCH 1927 where some of the city’s showiest turn-of-the- E H O V M I N V I C H N S 22 E L N N L L L S . O O B B E O T H B G Y / J story above-ground basements below and R S E 1228 S Carrollton Ave century mansions sit on 100-foot-wide lots. B I U N S N C E . M 24 K D O L P A O U B E R ST. MARY A L R C R living quarters on the second foor. As you O I S FRERET SHOPPING CORRIDOR E G Y H E D M T A E V R CEMETERY H I N A N E U S E W E R A E G V E A R S A T A N I approach Napoleon Avenue, notice the homes

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L T R R T I OAK ST B L C B H L M J 28 U C . E Audubon Park. Its paved path will take you on the south side of Fontainebleau, especially H K E S R Revitalized district with stores and restaurants. German population. CORRIDOR D O E N 29 R J N N A K R R E A I A 26 N A S G N towards Magazine Street — about a one- the Arts and Crafts villa at 4100 Fontainebleau. C N O I J Freret St. between Napoleon and Nashville Ave. E C . D O R G E

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R MAPLE ST O L D E OAK STREET CORRIDOR streetcars is still in use today. right by condo buildings. Walk up the road, rose window and a bell tower. Across from the H Y P L O ROUTE N Y S CORRIDOR R R E R B I G B D S . D N A L E M BEGIN R L E over the train tracks and up a hill to enter church is the Broadmoor Playspot, tended by E I O K F H S T O C O R Y R E W E N E E A V E Historic Main Street for shopping in Carrollton. The Fly, a public park space that fronts the nearby residents. H I L A I B O R N C L N S . C R C L C U P E A C U E R L L U Oak Street between Carrollton and Leake Ave. 1923 . It’s a wonderful place to A W Y D TULANE A R A 25 O V L L E L UNIVERSITY W N D B W 2901 S Carrollton Ave relax and watch ships sail by — and is one of Across the intersection is the Rosa Keller D M O I N I L L O A A W B G P O N M O O B M L I R L L I N U O P A O the only access points to the river open Branch of the New Orleans Public Library. I B B D C C U N A E A U N W S I N A O . A M J E R C L A R S A B O LOYOLA Formerly known as the Hardie-Fattel house, I in Uptown. N B E ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Large campus with historic buildings where M N U E A R L I D T UNIVERSITY 5 O N N S I

U O D A N A U A CEMETERY, NOS. 1 AND 2 1859 men are trained as Roman Catholic priests. C R E S C E N T C I T Y C O N N E C T I O N B R I D G E this landmark is on the National Register. It A O L I A W M A G N A L L A V I H L E M T T 1925 Soniat St Get back to Magazine Street and turn right. was a private residence until 1990, when it was ROUTE T L R N S A I N S O R T S O E A O B E BEGIN L L W S . R E M You’ll pass the convent of the Order of acquired by the city. It received a strikingly W P L L

A FRERET ST C R O V COLUMNS HOTEL 1883 ROSA KELLER Franciscan Poor Clares (720 Henry Clay Ave.), modern addition in 2012 that houses media H 14 M L CORRIDOR W E T U E P F R E R 6 26 R L S L T D 3811 St. Charles Ave LIBRARY BRANCH 1918 built in 1912 to serve poor Irish immigrant and a café. East of the library at 3900 General G N

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F 20 M E I S A L L E L A 3915 Napoleon Ave workers. Further up, the Arabella Bus Barn Taylor St. is the St. Matthias School building. L H P D I C T M I T T A R Built in 1928, it was partially restored in 2015 R RAYNE MEMORIAL (1880) at the corner of Joseph Street is now Q A U B E R T Y S I E S . L 7 P T S T S R T E 1875 This Arts and Crafts villa was renamed after a grocery store. The West Mag shopping for use as a community center. Continue O METHODIST CHURCH Y L . 19 T C F E A H

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SQUARE A T O G A B 5 S . S A R E N J ST. HENRY’S residence into a library branch. eateries. But shopping fun extends for miles: restored Spanish Colonial-style buildings that P A E M R I N 8 R I E H L house shops and ofces. R U D A N N E E CATHOLIC CHURCH 1873 Costumes, hardware, high-end interior décor, C R S O T L I S VALENCE E 812 General Pershing St live music, lunch and every possible thing in U G C M A CEMETERY E S H R D R Y A D E F S I E between, can all be found on Magazine Street Get back to Napoleon Avenue to see 3852 T L ROUTE ANDREW WILSON N D U BEGIN 27 T P I T back to Louisiana Avenue. Napoleon Ave., a stucco home built in 1910 C T N E ST. STEPHEN’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1922 A B A R O N M 9 P H U R S T CATHOLIC CHURCH 1868 3617 General Pershing St reminiscent of Art Nouveau design. Next door P R Y T A D E L E T N C A R O N 6 D I A A 1027 Napoleon Ave at 3818-20 is a large double home resembling V L L P E I B R R N I A T 11 E R UPTOWN L A N 12 E The frst public school built in Broadmoor that CARROLLTON an Italian palazzo. Walking along Napoleon, N T A V E 16 B L A N C 18 A R L E S A O L E S L I N E S T . C H I S T . C H A R C 7 T O A T L A N T 1858 is active today. especially if using the Arts and Wellness path I A ST. PETER A.M.E. CHURCH L I P I T S S T 2 E U 10 O M P I T T

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Z E O 9 R 17 P S A T W T N R T H 1866 is a neighborhood institution for Sunday Prairie-style estate. O S ALDRICH-GENELLA HOUSE ST. MATTHIAS E N D B E I A 29 N S 12 E T T V T C A M P G E A LAURENCE S W E breakfasts and late-night omelets. Behind it, 4801 St. Charles Ave SCHOOL BUILDING 1928 L T R E D A A 13 SQ. PARK U S V O R E R A E G A Z I N E A A L N L M H C

L 3900 General Taylor St along Dublin Street, the Riverbend shopping O E P O E A E L E I E J 8 N A B L L N S C V V E V N I A E S E E U A C O area is the successor to a 19th-century market T B N 1880 A A E T ARABELLA STATION N S A N N A O T R V T C N C T L J T E O D T I I N L A A

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E O J O N B A T I 1893 Courthouse, and ofcially as the original be aware of your surroundings as you explore E I N N U N C GIBSON HALL H A V L 14 THE A A 6823 St. Charles Ave, Jeferson Parish Courthouse, is one of the New Orleans. C Y FLY U L A S A P I T O CHILDREN’S WISNER 3 T C H O U R L I C T V PARK O N R SITES OF INTEREST NOTE most architecturally signifcant buildings in HOSPITAL O . F R E E S Y Z V R I R V N R I N E O S . ORDER OF FRANCISCANI the area — it was constructed in 1852 and W E F T L R P O N . F R O N H T S 15 P A T I S . F R O N S S 1912 There are many private residences, designed by notable architect Henry Howard. POOR CLARESI GO DEEPER S S I 720 HenryM Clay Ave churches and schools Uptown listed on Past that, the circa-1849 Wilkinson-Derby- the National Register of Historic Places, Zervigon House at 1015 S. Carrollton Ave. is an Create your own itinerary, get inspired by AUDUBON PARK AND and even more that, though unlisted, unusual example of a cruciform Tudor Gothic celebrities and fnd their favorite places 16 GOLF COURSE 1871 still have historic signifcance. This is a home. Disembark at Maple Street or Oak to eat, drink, and play in New Orleans at 6500 Magazine St small sampling. Street (or both!) to enjoy local shopping and a FollowYourNOLA.com 6

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