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3 Claiborne Cottage
This cottage was built in 1857 for the
daughter of the first American governor
of Louisiana. It has served as a school
and a convent.

4 Briggs-Staub House
This handsome Gothic Revival
mansion was designed by James
Gallier, Sr. in 1849.
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0 Women’s Guild Opera House
This Greek Revival mansion was
designed in 1858 by William Freret.

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Women’s Guild
Opera House

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5 . Robinson House
One of the grandest residences in the
Garden District, Robinson House was built
between 1859 and 1865 for Virginia
tobacco merchant Walter Robinson.
w Musson-Bell House
This was the home of Michel
Musson, uncle of artist Edgar
Degas; an iron merchant added Key
the lacy galleries later. Suggested route

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