Goldsmith-Godchaux House, New Orleans
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no_angel
N 29° 55.808 W 090° 04.629
15R E 782161 N 3314636
Marker for an historic home in New Orleans' fabled Garden District
Waymark Code: WM300Q
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2008
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Goldsmith-Godchaux House
Goldsmith-Godchaux House
Designed by noted nineteenth century
architect Henry Howard in 1859. Significant for its painted interiors. Has more
fresco wall decoration and stenciling than probably any other mid-nineteenth
century residence in the South. Erected by the Department of Culture,
Recreation and Tourism 1980
The Goldsmith-Godchaux House is also
known as the Goldsmith-Sheen House, in honor of the family that recently
renovated the building. A private
residence and not open to the public;
some photographs of the interior may be seen in The Majesty of the
Garden District, Lee Malone & Paul Malone (Pelican Publishing Co.,
1999).
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