L I V I N G WITH H I S T O RYIN NEW ORLEANS’ NEIGHBORHOODS

Published byPRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER

OF NEW ORLEANS923 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130504/581-7032www.prcno.org

1719 Bienville granted lands that include present-day Carrollton

1723 Bienville divides upriver end of his grant into smaller tracts for sale as plantations

1781 Barthelemy McCarty acquires McCarty Plantation

1803 Louisiana Purchase1814 Carrollton namesake William Carroll

and 2500 troops camp at McCarty Plantation en route to Battle ofNew Orleans

1816 & Floods through levee crevasses build 1832 up land with silt

1833 New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad (later the St. Charles Ave. Streetcar) chartered; beginsoperating in 1835

1833 Investors buy McCarty Plantation, hire Charles Zimpel to map out streets and lots of Carrollton

1845 Town of Carrollton incorporated1853 New levee built from Monticello

Avenue to Fern Street1854 Seat of Jefferson Parish moved to

Carrollton Ave.1875 New Orleans annexes East Carrollton1884-85 World’s Industrial and Cotton

Centennial Exhibition in present-dayAudubon Park spurs residential building farther uptown

1893 St. Charles Ave. Streetcar electrified;line extended from Riverbend to present-day Willow St.

1894 City ordinance renames numbered streets after trees

1988 Carrollton listed on National Register of Historic Places

Annual Events• June: Carrollton Free Street Festival

Neighborhood Associations• Carrollton Preservation Alliance• Fontainebleau Improvement Association• Maple Area Residents Inc.• Uptown Triangle Neighborhood Inc. • Upper Carrollton Residents Inc.

PRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER OF NEW ORLEANSINVITES YOU TO EXPLORE THE LOCAL SIDE OF LIFE

IN CARROLLTON WITH ITS COLLEGE TOWNCHARM AND RURAL RESORT ORIGINS.

This brochure is made possible by a generous grantfrom the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

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Perhaps it’s the tree-shaded streets and spa-cious houses that make Carrollton feel nostalgic, orperhaps it is the influence of Tulane and Loyola uni-versities, whose many students, faculty and alumnimake the neighborhood feel like a college town.

Established as a rural resort community outsideof New Orleans in1833, the neigh-borhood still has alaid-back feel, andsome still refer to itas the “TheHistoric Town ofCarrollton.” It’salso one of themost ethnicallyand economicallydiverse parts ofNew Orleans.Oak Street, one ofCarrollton’s mainshopping districts,still has the lookand feel of the 1950s, while Maple Street offerssmall stores, numerous coffee shops and a well-established independent bookstore in convertedVictorian houses. Good restaurants in all priceranges are plentiful in Carrollton including Mattand Naddies, which sits across River Road fromthe Mississippi and pleasantly rumbles as trainspass along the levee. The only thing Carrolltonlacks, residents say, is a convenient supermarket.

Since 1974 the Preservation Resource Centerhas promoted the preservation, restorationand revitalization of New Orleans’ historic

neighborhoods and architecture.

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L I V I N G WITH H I S T O RYIN NEW ORLEANS’ NEIGHBORHOODS

Published byPRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER

OF NEW ORLEANS923 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130504/581-7032www.prcno.org

1719 Bienville granted lands that include present-day Carrollton

1723 Bienville divides upriver end of his grant into smaller tracts for sale as plantations

1781 Barthelemy McCarty acquires McCarty Plantation

1803 Louisiana Purchase1814 Carrollton namesake William Carroll

and 2500 troops camp at McCarty Plantation en route to Battle ofNew Orleans

1816 & Floods through levee crevasses build 1832 up land with silt

1833 New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad (later the St. Charles Ave. Streetcar) chartered; beginsoperating in 1835

1833 Investors buy McCarty Plantation, hire Charles Zimpel to map out streets and lots of Carrollton

1845 Town of Carrollton incorporated1853 New levee built from Monticello

Avenue to Fern Street1854 Seat of Jefferson Parish moved to

Carrollton Ave.1875 New Orleans annexes East Carrollton1884-85 World’s Industrial and Cotton

Centennial Exhibition in present-dayAudubon Park spurs residential building farther uptown

1893 St. Charles Ave. Streetcar electrified;line extended from Riverbend to present-day Willow St.

1894 City ordinance renames numbered streets after trees

1988 Carrollton listed on National Register of Historic Places

Annual Events• June: Carrollton Free Street Festival

Neighborhood Associations• Carrollton Preservation Alliance• Fontainebleau Improvement Association• Maple Area Residents Inc.• Uptown Triangle Neighborhood Inc. • Upper Carrollton Residents Inc.

PRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER OF NEW ORLEANSINVITES YOU TO EXPLORE THE LOCAL SIDE OF LIFE

IN CARROLLTON WITH ITS COLLEGE TOWNCHARM AND RURAL RESORT ORIGINS.

This brochure is made possible by a generous grantfrom the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

CarrolltonCarrollton

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Perhaps it’s the tree-shaded streets and spa-cious houses that make Carrollton feel nostalgic, orperhaps it is the influence of Tulane and Loyola uni-versities, whose many students, faculty and alumnimake the neighborhood feel like a college town.

Established as a rural resort community outsideof New Orleans in1833, the neigh-borhood still has alaid-back feel, andsome still refer to itas the “TheHistoric Town ofCarrollton.” It’salso one of themost ethnicallyand economicallydiverse parts ofNew Orleans.Oak Street, one ofCarrollton’s mainshopping districts,still has the lookand feel of the 1950s, while Maple Street offerssmall stores, numerous coffee shops and a well-established independent bookstore in convertedVictorian houses. Good restaurants in all priceranges are plentiful in Carrollton including Mattand Naddies, which sits across River Road fromthe Mississippi and pleasantly rumbles as trainspass along the levee. The only thing Carrolltonlacks, residents say, is a convenient supermarket.

Since 1974 the Preservation Resource Centerhas promoted the preservation, restorationand revitalization of New Orleans’ historic

neighborhoods and architecture.

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We encourage you to use good judgment andcommon sense in taking these tours.

St. Charles Avenue/Carrollton Avenue(streetcar) As it does with the GardenDistrict and Uptown, the St. Charles AvenueStreetcar offers one of the best overviews of

historic Carrollton. Heading upriver from Lowerline St.,note the mix of small businesses and residences typical ofthe area.The streetcarturns sharply to followthe bend of theMississippi River, whoselevee appears just twoblocks away.You’re nowon Carrollton Ave., themain artery of the oldtown.To your left,Camellia Grill is a neigh-borhood institution forSunday breakfasts andlate night omelets.Behind it, along DublinSt., the Riverbend shop-ping area is the succes-sor to a 19th-centurymarket in this location.The columned building to your right,now Lusher Elementary School, was built in 1852 to thedesigns of Henry Howard to house the Jefferson ParishCourthouse.The Wilkinson-Derby-Zervigon House (c. 1849)at 1015 S. Carrollton (to your right) is an unusual example ofa cruciform Tudor Gothic home.The streetcar will take youto the terminus of the line and the start of the next tour;however, there are stops at both Maple St. and Oak St.,where you can alight and sample the neighborhood’s com-mercial districts close-up.

Palmer Park, Neron Place, Pine St.and Versailles Blvd. (walk/bike)Palmer Park, at the terminus of the St. CharlesAvenue Streetcar (Carrollton Ave. at ClaiborneAve.) is a lovely public square with a memorial

commemorating both Carrollton’s incorporation and arearesidents who served in World War II. It’s also the site of

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the annual Carrollton FreeStreet Festival sponsoredby the New Orleans Jazzand Heritage Foundation.Parkway Partners is plan-ning a major renovation ofthe square that willinclude construction of an1800 square foot shelterwith facilities. Cross thestreetcar track to NeronPlace, part of a comfort-able middle class neighbor-hood developed in the1930s.The live oaks hereform an arcade that is oneof the prettiest in the city.A left on Pine St. will bringyou across Claiborne toBelfast St., then VersaillesBlvd. with its gracefulmedian and raisedMediterranean-style hous-es. In the 1960s this areawas largely an enclave ofCatholic families.Today it’smore diverse but contin-ues to attract families withchildren.

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In 1833 New Orleans Canal and BankingCo. purchased half of the McCarty Plantation toobtain right of way for a planned extension of theNew Basin Canal. Investors Laurent Millaudon,Senator John Slidell and Samuel Kohn bought theother half andhired plannerCharles Zimpel tocreate the streetgrid. Early settlersconcentrated onthe natural levee,around present-day Carrollton,Short, Huso, andFern streets. Bythe 1850s, thetown had a race-track, fine gar-dens, a hotel andan elegant train station. New Orleans family loreoften includes stories of the “long” train ride up St.Charles Avenue—sometimes with an overnightstop at Sacred Heart Convent for the Catholic

Creoles comingfrom the FrenchQuarter andbeyond to holidayin “The HistoricTown ofCarrollton.”

The sounds ofthe river and therailroad still colorlife in Carrollton,though this formerresort is now solidlywithin urban NewOrleans. Severalneighborhood asso-

ciations work together to fight crime, organizelocal cleanup efforts, and lobby for improvements,like the refurbishment of the St. Charles Avenuestreetcar terminus.

Numbers indicatelocal landmarks

Base map provided byCity Planning Commission

Neron Place

Carrollton

Mississippi R

iver

Broad

way

We encourage you to use good judgment andcommon sense in taking these tours.

St. Charles Avenue/Carrollton Avenue(streetcar) As it does with the GardenDistrict and Uptown, the St. Charles AvenueStreetcar offers one of the best overviews of

historic Carrollton. Heading upriver from Lowerline St.,note the mix of small businesses and residences typical ofthe area.The streetcarturns sharply to followthe bend of theMississippi River, whoselevee appears just twoblocks away.You’re nowon Carrollton Ave., themain artery of the oldtown.To your left,Camellia Grill is a neigh-borhood institution forSunday breakfasts andlate night omelets.Behind it, along DublinSt., the Riverbend shop-ping area is the succes-sor to a 19th-centurymarket in this location.The columned building to your right,now Lusher Elementary School, was built in 1852 to thedesigns of Henry Howard to house the Jefferson ParishCourthouse.The Wilkinson-Derby-Zervigon House (c. 1849)at 1015 S. Carrollton (to your right) is an unusual example ofa cruciform Tudor Gothic home.The streetcar will take youto the terminus of the line and the start of the next tour;however, there are stops at both Maple St. and Oak St.,where you can alight and sample the neighborhood’s com-mercial districts close-up.

Palmer Park, Neron Place, Pine St.and Versailles Blvd. (walk/bike)Palmer Park, at the terminus of the St. CharlesAvenue Streetcar (Carrollton Ave. at ClaiborneAve.) is a lovely public square with a memorial

commemorating both Carrollton’s incorporation and arearesidents who served in World War II. It’s also the site of

TOUR

A

the annual Carrollton FreeStreet Festival sponsoredby the New Orleans Jazzand Heritage Foundation.Parkway Partners is plan-ning a major renovation ofthe square that willinclude construction of an1800 square foot shelterwith facilities. Cross thestreetcar track to NeronPlace, part of a comfort-able middle class neighbor-hood developed in the1930s.The live oaks hereform an arcade that is oneof the prettiest in the city.A left on Pine St. will bringyou across Claiborne toBelfast St., then VersaillesBlvd. with its gracefulmedian and raisedMediterranean-style hous-es. In the 1960s this areawas largely an enclave ofCatholic families.Today it’smore diverse but contin-ues to attract families withchildren.

WALKING TOURS

TOUR

B

In 1833 New Orleans Canal and BankingCo. purchased half of the McCarty Plantation toobtain right of way for a planned extension of theNew Basin Canal. Investors Laurent Millaudon,Senator John Slidell and Samuel Kohn bought theother half andhired plannerCharles Zimpel tocreate the streetgrid. Early settlersconcentrated onthe natural levee,around present-day Carrollton,Short, Huso, andFern streets. Bythe 1850s, thetown had a race-track, fine gar-dens, a hotel andan elegant train station. New Orleans family loreoften includes stories of the “long” train ride up St.Charles Avenue—sometimes with an overnightstop at Sacred Heart Convent for the Catholic

Creoles comingfrom the FrenchQuarter andbeyond to holidayin “The HistoricTown ofCarrollton.”

The sounds ofthe river and therailroad still colorlife in Carrollton,though this formerresort is now solidlywithin urban NewOrleans. Severalneighborhood asso-

ciations work together to fight crime, organizelocal cleanup efforts, and lobby for improvements,like the refurbishment of the St. Charles Avenuestreetcar terminus.

Numbers indicatelocal landmarks

Base map provided byCity Planning Commission

Neron Place

Carrollton

Mississippi R

iver

Broad

way

L I V I N G WITH H I S T O RYIN NEW ORLEANS’ NEIGHBORHOODS

Published byPRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER

OF NEW ORLEANS923 TCHOUPITOULAS STREET

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130504/581-7032www.prcno.org

1719 Bienville granted lands that include present-day Carrollton

1723 Bienville divides upriver end of his grant into smaller tracts for sale as plantations

1781 Barthelemy McCarty acquires McCarty Plantation

1803 Louisiana Purchase1814 Carrollton namesake William Carroll

and 2500 troops camp at McCarty Plantation en route to Battle ofNew Orleans

1816 & Floods through levee crevasses build 1832 up land with silt

1833 New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad (later the St. Charles Ave. Streetcar) chartered; beginsoperating in 1835

1833 Investors buy McCarty Plantation, hire Charles Zimpel to map out streets and lots of Carrollton

1845 Town of Carrollton incorporated1853 New levee built from Monticello

Avenue to Fern Street1854 Seat of Jefferson Parish moved to

Carrollton Ave.1875 New Orleans annexes East Carrollton1884-85 World’s Industrial and Cotton

Centennial Exhibition in present-dayAudubon Park spurs residential building farther uptown

1893 St. Charles Ave. Streetcar electrified;line extended from Riverbend to present-day Willow St.

1894 City ordinance renames numbered streets after trees

1988 Carrollton listed on National Register of Historic Places

Annual Events• June: Carrollton Free Street Festival

Neighborhood Associations• Carrollton Preservation Alliance• Fontainebleau Improvement Association• Maple Area Residents Inc.• Uptown Triangle Neighborhood Inc. • Upper Carrollton Residents Inc.

PRESERVATION RESOURCE CENTER OF NEW ORLEANSINVITES YOU TO EXPLORE THE LOCAL SIDE OF LIFE

IN CARROLLTON WITH ITS COLLEGE TOWNCHARM AND RURAL RESORT ORIGINS.

This brochure is made possible by a generous grantfrom the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

CarrolltonCarrollton

: T

Perhaps it’s the tree-shaded streets and spa-cious houses that make Carrollton feel nostalgic, orperhaps it is the influence of Tulane and Loyola uni-versities, whose many students, faculty and alumnimake the neighborhood feel like a college town.

Established as a rural resort community outsideof New Orleans in1833, the neigh-borhood still has alaid-back feel, andsome still refer to itas the “TheHistoric Town ofCarrollton.” It’salso one of themost ethnicallyand economicallydiverse parts ofNew Orleans.Oak Street, one ofCarrollton’s mainshopping districts,still has the lookand feel of the 1950s, while Maple Street offerssmall stores, numerous coffee shops and a well-established independent bookstore in convertedVictorian houses. Good restaurants in all priceranges are plentiful in Carrollton including Mattand Naddies, which sits across River Road fromthe Mississippi and pleasantly rumbles as trainspass along the levee. The only thing Carrolltonlacks, residents say, is a convenient supermarket.

Since 1974 the Preservation Resource Centerhas promoted the preservation, restorationand revitalization of New Orleans’ historic

neighborhoods and architecture.

PHO

TO:M

ARY

FIT

ZPA

TRIC

K