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Anthemion
A fashion for Colonial Revival architecture in the late 19th century...
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Audubon Park
Formerly the plantation of Etienne de Boré, the father...
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Audubon Park Clubhouse
Overlooking the Audubon Park Golf Course is the Audubon Park...
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Audubon Zoo
Animals roam and frolic in natural-habitat settings at this excellent...
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Benjamin House
This beaux-arts beauty, built in 1912 for cotton factor Emanuel...
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Brown House
Completed in 1904, the Brown House is the largest mansion on...
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Camelback Houses
When these were built in the late 1800s, houses were taxed by...
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Castles House
Local architect Thomas Sully designed this 1896 Colonial Revival...
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Columns Hotel
In recent years this elegant white hotel, built in 1884 as a...
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Doll House
Designed in the same Tudor style as the main house beside it...
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La Madeleine
Stop for a cup of coffee, a pastry, or a variety of lunch choices...
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Loyola University
The Jesuits built this complex facing the avenue in 1914. The...
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McCarthy House
A deep front lawn emphasizes the perfect symmetry of this classic...
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Middle American Research Institute and Gallery
Way up on the fourth floor of a musty old academic building...
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Milton H. Latter Memorial Library
A former private home now serves as the most elegant public library...
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Orleans Club
This sumptuous mansion was built in 1868 as a wedding gift from...
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Rosenberg House
The brick facade and Corinthian columns on this stately 1911...
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Sacred Heart Academy
Unusual aspects of this building, a Catholic girls' school built...
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Smith House
This bucolic Mediterranean villa was built in 1906 for William...
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Sully House
This was the family home of local architect Thomas Sully, who...
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Tara
A replica built from the plans of the movie set of Gone with...
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Tulane University
The venerable university sits next to Loyola University on St...
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Wedding Cake House
A portico and decorative balconies help this house outshine most...
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