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Confederacy, died in 1889.
One block up at No. 1239
7 (see p109), is the Brevard-
Wisdom-Rice House, the
private home previously
owned by novelist Anne Rice
and used as a setting for her
book The Witching Hour.
Continue walking three
blocks to St. Charles Avenue
and turn right. This avenue is
the main route for Mardi Gras
parades (see pp30–31) and, if
you look up, the remnants of
colorful beads thrown from
the floats can often be seen
tangled in the branches of
the oaks along the street.
One block down, at No.
7 Former home of Anne Rice, a prominent New Orleans author 2220 St. Charles Avenue, is
the House of Broel 8, an
antebellum mansion that is
It was consecrated on the same
S T. C H A R L E S A V E 1 M E L P O M E N E S T 2 was laid across the street for A further two blocks down
day in 1858 that the cornerstone
open to the public for tours.
St. Charles Avenue you’ll find
St. Mary’s Assumption 5.
the striking metal
This German Baroque
structure known
Revival church has
P R Y T A N I A S T R E E T
locally as the Eiffel
an altar, statues, and
stained glass all
Tower building 9.
M A G A Z I N E S T R E E T
It was built from
imported from Munich
TERPSICHORE STREET
COLISEUM S T R E E T
and is considered one
pieces of the Paris
E U T E R P E S T R E E T
C O L I S E U M S T C A M P E U T E R P E S T R E E T of the most ornate The familiar sight of a land mark that were
removed during its
churches in New
Orleans. Regular
1980 renovation
P O LY M N I A S T R E E T
PARK
and shipped here.
services continue
at St. Mary’s
The building houses
S T . C H A R L E S A V E N U E 0 S T . A N D R E W S T F E L I C I T Y S T R E E T O R A N G E S T R E E T Cheerful Ascetic,” Father Seelos Eiffel Society.
Assumption,
a nightclub and
St. Charles streetcar
B R A I N I A S T
which is also
restaurant called
9
home to the National
R A C E S T R E E T
3
On the same block is
Shrine of Blessed Francis
the visitors’ center of the
Xavier Seelos. Known as “the
8
New Orleans Metropolitan
died of yellow fever in 1867
S T . M A R Y S T R E E T
C A M P S T R E E T M A G A Z I N E S T R I C H A R D S T C O N S T A N C E S T R E E T in 2000. The shrine houses his Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
0, which is a good place to
and was beatified by the Church
J O S E P H I N E S T R E E T
pick up maps, and information
S T R E E T S T . A N D R E W S T S O P H I E W R I G H T P L F E L I C I T Y S T R E E T remains, a collection of religious on tours, restaurants, and
art, and a gift shop.
attractions across the city.
S T R E E T S T . M A R Y S T First Street to Outside, at the corner of
St. Andrew Street, is a streetcar
C O L I S E U M J A C K S O N A V E N U E 5 S T A N C E S T R E E T St. Charles Avenue stop for the return trip down-
S T
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town and the walk’s end.
Leaving the church of
C H E S T N U T C O N 4 St. Mary’s Assumption, turn
2 N D S T R E E T
right on Josephine Street and
C A M P M A G A Z I N E S T R E E T J O S E P H I N E S T LAUREL ST continue for one block. Turn
left on Magazine Street and
P H I L I P S T R E E T
7 J A C K S O N AV E continue for three blocks past
more boutiques. Turn right
on 1st Street, one of the first
6 P H I L I P S T 0 meters 300 streets in the Garden District
C O N S T A N C E S T R E E T 0 yards 300 proper. On the left, at No. 1134,
is the privately owned Payne-
Strachan House 6 (see p109),
president of the American
Key Walk route where Jefferson Davis, 0 Louis Armstrong statue, outside the
1 S T S T R E E T
New Orleans Visitors’ Bureau
2 N D S T R E E T
For keys to symbols see back flap
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