Richard Campanella
What led to the founding of New Orleans in 1718?
The year 2018 marks the 300th anniversary of the foundation of New Orleans. But like most complex, improvised projects, New Orleans actually came together over many years, and each stage involved various levels of indecision, contingency, discord and serendipity.
‘Fourteenth-Century Gothic’ on St. Charles Avenue
James Freret’s Soaring, Short-Lived Old Masonic Temple
The Louisiana Sugar & Rice Exchange, 1884-1963
Two key commodities had warehouse homes on the riverfront from 1884 to 1963.
The Re-importation of Richardsonian Romanesque
The aesthetic of architect Henry Hobson Richardson, a native Louisianan, had world-wide impact, including in New Orleans.
A “French Chateau Style of Architecture”
Thomas Sully’s Long-Forgotten Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Building
