Factors Row and Thiberge Buildings - New Orleans, LA
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JimmyEv
N 29° 57.040 W 090° 04.301
15R E 782631 N 3316927
At one time, most of the commercial buildings in the American sector were Italianate. This continuous row of nine building is the longest grouping of Italianate commercial buildings in New Orleans, and one of the few still existing.
Waymark Code: WM19HN
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2007
Views: 28
Cotton factors were key figures in the plantation economy. They acted as city-based agents for plantation owners, marketing cotton, purchasing slaves, advising on market conditions, and buying plantation supplies. Factors Row, the seven easternmost buildings, was built in 1858 and designed by Lewis Reynolds to house the cotton factors. Shop space was located on the ground level, office space above. Although the building looks like one, the seven structures are separated by party walls at the double brackets visible on the front. A parapet wall hides the pitched roofs of the buildings.
The two Thiberge Buildings were built adjacent in 1869, also sheathed in stuccoed brick. Henry R. Thiberge designed these two office buildings without shopfronts to resemble an Italian palazzo.
