Street |
District |
Neighborhood |
Origin of Name |
Notes |
Barracks Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A military barracks was located on this street |
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Bienville Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, founder of New Orleans and three term governor of colonial French Louisiana |
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Burgundy Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duke of Burgundy |
Formerly known as Craps Street in the Marigny until 1852 |
Cabildo Alley |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
The Cabildo, former seat of Spanish government |
Known as Exchange Passage until 1924 |
Canal Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A planned canal to extend Cardondelot Canal to the Mississippi River, which was never constructed |
Serves as the divider between 'North' and 'South' street designations |
Chartres Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duc de Chartres, a title of the Orleans family |
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Clinton Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
One of three possibilities; [{DeWitt Clinton]], [{George Clinton]], or Sir Henry Clinton |
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Conti Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Prince of Conti, illegitimate son of Louis XIV |
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Dauphine Street
Rue Dauphine |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Le Dauphin, eldest son of the king of France or his wife |
Formerly known as Greatmen Street in the Marigny |
Decatur Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Commodore Stephen Decatur, U.S. Navy |
Formerly Levee Street (Rue de la Quai) until 1870 |
Dorsiere Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Eugene Dorsiere lived on on this street |
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Dumaine Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duc du Maine, illegitimate son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan |
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Esplanade Avenue |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
French word for a flat, open stretch of land. Soldiers used this area for drills |
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Exchange Place |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Back entrance to the Merchants Exchange |
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French Market Place |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
French Market |
Formerly Gallatin Street |
North Front Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Closest street to the river |
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Governor Nicholls Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
General and two term Louisiana Governor Francis Tillou Nicholls |
Formerly Arsenal Street until approx 1729 and then Hospital Street until 1909 |
Iberville Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville, older brother of Bienville |
Formerly Custonhouse Street |
Madison Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
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Orleans Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Duc d'Orléans, the city's namesake |
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Pere Antoine Alley |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Antonio de Sedella, a Capuchin priest |
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North Peters Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Samuel Jarvis Peters, businessman and civic leader |
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Pirate Alley |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Jean Lafitte |
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North Rampart Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Location of the city's original defensive fortifications |
Formerly Love Street until 1852 |
Royal Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Royal family of France |
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St. Ann Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A favored saint baptismal names of the Orleans family |
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St. Louis Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
King Louis IX, patron saint of France |
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St. Peter Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
A favored saint baptismal names of the Orleans family |
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St. Philip Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Phillippe, duc d'Orléans |
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Toulouse Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
Comte de Toulouse, illegitimate son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan |
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Ursulines Avenue |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
The Ursuline Convent was located on this street |
Formerly St. Adrien Street and later St. Ursula Street |
Wilkinson Street |
French Quarter / CBD |
Vieux Carré |
General James C. Wilkinson, received the Lousiana Purchasealong with William C.C. Claiborne |
Formerly Jefferson Street until 1924 |