Gallier House - New Orleans, LA
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JimmyEv
N 29° 57.717 W 090° 03.685
15R E 783590 N 3318203
James Gallier, Jr., one of New Orleans’s most prominent architects in the late-1800's, built this as his own residence in 1857 on grounds that once belonged to the Ursuline Convent. The house is an Anglo adaptation of traditional French Quarter homes.
Waymark Code: WM1C3Y
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2007
Views: 25
Gallier was a second-generation Irish-American. He married Aglae Villavaso, a Creole, and moved into the French Quarter with his Anglo adaptation of a French home. The house is an American plan, with a sidehall and double parlor on the first floor and bedrooms on the second floor. Differing from the typical French homes of the Quarter, the stairway is located inside the house. In French style, all of the rooms of the house, except the dining room, open onto porches, balconies or galleries, with a wrought iron arcade decorating the second-story balcony.
Street address:
1132 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA USA
County / Borough / Parish: Orleans Parish
Year listed: 1974
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1850-1874
Historic function: Residence
Current function: Museum
Privately owned?: yes
Hours of operation: From: 10:00 AM To: 3:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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