New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, 70119 USA Show Map. Built in what was once the City of Lafayette, the cemetery was officially established in 1833. These Top 12 Places in the U.S. Should Be on Every Bucket List The cemetery is open daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. except on major holidays. Tours with fewer than three advance reservations will be canceled two hours before the tour time and refunds will be issued. The history of this cemetery (and many others like it) is simply amazing. 22 all have group tombs here. Several distinctive monuments are for the deceased of "Woodmen of the World," an insurance company still in existence that offered a "monument benefit." The Brunies family, of jazz fame, has a tomb here. The history of the establishment of St. Louis Cemetery No. Go through the gates. Founded in 1833 and still in use today, the cemetery takes its name from its location in what was once the City of Lafayette, a suburb of New Orleans that was annexed by the larger metropolis in 1852. It was established in 1833 by the City of Lafayette (which is where it gets its name), and it’s the oldest of the seven municipal, city-operated cemeteries in New Orleans. It is a non-segregated, non-denominational cemetery. 3 spanned a six-year period in the mid-19 th century. 1, the oldest and most famous of the three Roman Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, you should take time to visit No. Notable tombs here include the Smith and Dumestre family tomb, in Section 2, with 37 names carved on it with dates ranging from 1861 to 1997. Brigadier General Harry T. Hays of the Confederate Army is buried here, in an area featuring a broken column. St. Louis Cemetery No. Through the years, the cemetery fell on hard times, and many tombs were vandalized or fell into ruin. Also buried here are veterans of various wars, including Civil War veterans and a member of the French Foreign Legion. There are 496 wall vaults in the cemetery.
Located in what now is the heart of the Garden District, between Washington, Sixth, Prytania, and Coliseum streets, Lafayette Cemetery No. 3 offers a piece of rest and quietude for those both above and below ground. Confined within a single city block, the cemetery contains approximately 1,100 family tombs and 7,000 people.The Cemetery was included in the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 1972, for its architectural and social-historical importance.The World Monuments Fund placed Lafayette Cemetery No.
By 1853, the worst outbreak ever caused more than 8,000 deaths, and bodies were often left at the cemetery gates. 1, Chalmette Fire Co. No. They leave from the gate at the 1400 block of Washington Avenue and last 90 minutes. The cemetery was laid out by Benjamin Buisson and consisted of two intersecting roads that divide the property into four quadrants. Sharon Keating is the author of "New Orleans Then and Now," and has been a licensed tour guide for the City of New Orleans for over a decade. 3… 1 is a historic cemetery in the Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. De Pouilly’s Peniston tomb (1812) is a good example. The Secret Garden is a square of four tombs built by friends, "the Quarto," who wished to be buried together. The city's first planned cemetery, it is notable for the architectural significance of its tombs and mausoleums, often containing multiple family members, and for its layout, a cruciform plan that allowe… According to Save Our Cemeteries, the Quarto held secret meetings, but the last member destroyed its book of notes.