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French Quarter Square Number
5A8
French Quarter Block Map
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SQ5A8 = VCS BLOCK #23
     This square was first laid out by Bienville and royal engineers in 1718.

     This Square is bounded by: 800 Block of CHARTRES St.; 500 Block of MADISON St.; 800 Block of DECATUR St.; 500 Block of ST. ANN St. (Pedestrian Mall)
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Partial Title Abstracts from the Vieux Carré Survey at the Historic New Orleans Collection:
Lots start on the street at the top of the graphic above and move clockwise around the block, but starting at the lowest address on each street.


812 Chartres (Conde) St.
(Lot 00000, Lot 00)
1823 Francois Dusuau Delacroix from Corporation of City of New Orleans.
1826 (1/2 interest) Louis Philippe Joseph de Roffignac from Francois Dusuau Delacroix.
1849 Francois Dusuau Delacroix from Heirs of Louis Philippe Joseph de Roffignac.
1800 Mayer Godshaux from Succession of Francois Dusuau Delacroix.
1867 Rapide Bertrand Ducastaing from Mayer Godshaux.
1876 Rapide Bertrand Ducastaing from Emerting (?) Hirsch.
1877 Pierre Estebenet from Mrs. Emerting (?) Hirsch/Reybaud.
1887 Jeanine Marie Cominges from Pierre Estebenet.
1904 Auguste Marchal from Mrs. Alex Cominges.
1904 Victor Valentinien from August Marchal.
1905 Darbon from Victor Valentinien
1916 Darbon from Victor Valentinien
1930 Theresa Valentinien from Succession of Mrs. Maria Darbon.
1938 French Market Homestead Association from Mrs. Theresa Valentinien
1938 Joseph Merrick Jones from French Market Homestead Association.



814 Chartres (Conde) St.
(Lot 00000, Lot 00)
1823 Francois Dusuau Delacroix from Corporation of City of New Orleans. Lot 2 forms the corner of Conde and Madison and is next to and across the street from the U. S. Arsenal.
1826 (1/2 interest) Louis Philippe Joseph de Roffignac from Francois Dusuau Delacroix.
1849 Francois Dusuau Delacroix from Heirs of Louis Philippe Joseph de Roffignac.
1800 Mayer Godshaux from Succession of Francois Dusuau Delacroix.
1867 Rapide Bertrand Ducastaing from Mayer Godshaux.
1876 Rapide Bertrand Ducastaing from Emerting (?) Hirsch.
1877 Pierre Estebenet from Mrs. Emerting (?) Hirsch/Reybaud.
1887 Jeanine Marie Cominges from Pierre Estebenet.
1904 Auguste Marchal from Mrs. Alex Cominges.
1904 Victor Valentinien from August Marchal.
1905 Darbon from Victor Valentinien
1916 Darbon from Victor Valentinien
1930 Theresa Valentinien from Succession of Mrs. Maria Darbon.
1938 French Market Homestead Association from Mrs. Theresa Valentinien
1938 Joseph Merrick Jones from French Market Homestead Association.








500 Madison St.
(Lot 00000-01, Lot 00). (Lot 0000-01, Lot 0)
1800 event
1800 event





801 Decatur St.
(Lot 00000-01, Lot 00). (Lot 0000-01, Lot 0)
1920s St. Vincents Hotel and Free Labor Bureau. From 1910 to 1936 - gave relief and spiritual administration. . Reverand Peter Wynhoven.

Halfway down the block on St. AnnEvagelical Lutherin Seaman's Bethal. Services every Thursday night.
1800 event





500 St. Ann St.
(Lots 00000, 00000, 00000)
#00 Hospital Street in 1810 Whitney Directory.
1731 Inventory of the Government office located at the corner of St. Ann and Conde in 1731.
Built 1727. 70 feet by 21 feet, 10 feet high front facade 3 double batten doors, 11 windows with sash, glazed, double shutter gallery at ground level - front and rear, six feet in width. Divided into seven rooms. Colombage - (timber framing) with shingles, enclosed with chambered planks bricked between posts upstairs.
1874 Alfred Celestine Defau de Pontalba and Gaston Celestin Delfau de Pontalba from Mrs. Micaela Leonarda Antonia Almonester y Roxas, widow of Baron de Pontalba.
1876 Sale of 1/6 interest to Alfred Celestin Delfau de Pontalba from to Baron Joseph Xavier Celestin Delfau de Pontalba
1877 Michael Joseph Gaston Delfau de Pontalba from father Alfred Celestin Delfau de Pontalba.
1921 William Irby from Michael Joseph Gaston Delfau de Pontalba.
1927
January 31
Louisiana State Museum from William R. Irby.




Updated: Friday, August 20, 1999


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