Organ - St. Louis Cathedral - New Orleans, LA
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St. Louis Cathedral is located at 615 Pere Antoine Alley between St. Peter Street and St. Ann Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2020
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The cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and is the oldest cathedral in continuous use in what would become the United States. It is dedicated to Saint Louis, also known as King Louis IX of France.
The first church on the site was built in 1718; the third, under the Spanish rule, built in 1789, was raised to cathedral rank in 1793. The original St. Louis Cathedral was burned during the great fire of 1788 and was expanded and largely rebuilt and completed in the 1850s, with little of the 1789 structure remaining.
The high winds of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, tore a hole in the roof of the cathedral, allowing water to enter the building and severely damage the Holtkamp pipe organ. Shortly after the storm, the organ was sent back to Holtkamp to be rebuilt. An electronic substitute was used until June 2008, when the organ was reinstalled in the Cathedral. Originally installed during the cathedral's extensive renovation in 2004, the organ was donated by longtime choirmaster and organist Elise Cambon.
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