Pontalba Buildings

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Pontalba Buildings
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Location:	500 St. Ann St. and 500 St. Peter St., New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates:	29°57′26.75″N 90°3′46.01″W / 29.9574306, -90.0627806Coordinates: 29°57′26.75″N 90°3′46.01″W / 29.9574306, -90.0627806
Built/Founded:	1849
Architect:	James Gallier; Henry Howard
Architectural style(s):	Other
Designated as NHL:	May 30, 1974[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 30, 1974[2]
NRHP Reference#:	74000934
Governing body:	State

The Pontalba Buildings form two sides of Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

These are matching red-brick block long 4‑story buildings built in the 1840s by the Baroness Micaela Almonester Pontalba. The ground floors house shops and restaurants; the upper floors are apartments that are the oldest continuously rented such apartments in the United States.

They were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.^[1][3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pontalba Buildings. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
3. ^ Paul Goeldner (January 11, 1974), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pontalba BuildingsPDF (383 KiB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 8 photos, exterior, from 1968PDF (399 KiB)

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