New Orleans Archive

Jackson Square, a rectangular plot of land, roughly the size of a city-block, marks the site of the original settlement of New Orleans by the French Mississippi Company. Known at the time as Place d’Armes, it was designed in 1721 by landscape architect, Louis H. Pilié. It originally served as … Read more

Jackson Square, a rectangular plot of land, roughly the size of a city-block, marks the site of the original settlement of New Orleans by the French Mississippi Company. Known at the time as Place d’Armes, it was designed in 1721 by landscape architect, Louis H. Pilié. It originally served as … Read more

Jackson Square, a rectangular plot of land, roughly the size of a city-block, marks the site of the original settlement of New Orleans by the French Mississippi Company. Known at the time as Place d’Armes, it was designed in 1721 by landscape architect, Louis H. Pilié. It originally served as … Read more

Jackson Square, a rectangular plot of land, roughly the size of a city-block, marks the site of the original settlement of New Orleans by the French Mississippi Company. Known at the time as Place d’Armes, it was designed in 1721 by landscape architect, Louis H. Pilié. It originally served as … Read more