Rillieux-Waldhorn House
PARISH ORLEANS LANDMARKS COMMISSION
RILLIEUX-WALDHORN HOUSE
ERECTED 1795-1800
FOR
VINCENT RILLIEUX-1740-1800
NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT
AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF
EDGAR DEGAS
NOTED FRENCH ARTIST THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE IS ATTRIBUTED TO BARTHELEMY LAFON 1769-1820 ARCHITECT, BUILDER, SURVEYOR AND TOWN PLANNER THE WROUGHT IRON BALCONIES OF THE BUILDING ARE NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF SPANISH COLONIAL CRAFTSMANSHIP OWNED BY PAUL LANUSSE, 1800-1807
THOMAS ELMES, 1807-1810 JOHN GRIEVE, 1810-1811
PLANTERS' BANK, 1811-1820 BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, 1820-1836 NEW ORLEANS GAS LIGHT & BANKING CO., 1836-1838 OCCUPIED BY WALDHORN. CO. INC., ANTIQUES SINCE 1881 RESTORED 1972-FRERET & WOLF, ARCHITECTS
Submitted by @lampbane
NOTED FRENCH ARTIST THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE IS ATTRIBUTED TO BARTHELEMY LAFON 1769-1820 ARCHITECT, BUILDER, SURVEYOR AND TOWN PLANNER THE WROUGHT IRON BALCONIES OF THE BUILDING ARE NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF SPANISH COLONIAL CRAFTSMANSHIP OWNED BY PAUL LANUSSE, 1800-1807
THOMAS ELMES, 1807-1810 JOHN GRIEVE, 1810-1811
PLANTERS' BANK, 1811-1820 BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, 1820-1836 NEW ORLEANS GAS LIGHT & BANKING CO., 1836-1838 OCCUPIED BY WALDHORN. CO. INC., ANTIQUES SINCE 1881 RESTORED 1972-FRERET & WOLF, ARCHITECTS
Submitted by @lampbane
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