The Historic

GARDEN DISTRICT

2 hr. Walking Tour

$35.00

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Starting & Ending

Location:

The Historical Marker

at the corner of

Prytania and Washington Ave.

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OVERVIEW​

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One can trace the Creole origins of the Historic Lower Garden District back to the marriage of two very powerful Creole families when the Marigny and the Livaudais families would combine their land holdings to form what would become known as the Livaudais Plantation. In 1833, the Faubourg Livaudais would be combined with two smaller parcels of land to form the city of Lafayette. 

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During the Golden Era of the City of New Orleans this land mass would become known as the American Sector. And by 1851 the City of New Orleans would annex the City of Lafayette as the 4th District.

 

Come and re-discover the stories of the wealthy Sugarcane, Cotton, and Tobacco Planters, Brokers, and Merchants in addition to numerous high ranking government officials who called this part of the city of New Orleans home.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

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• Discover the logistics of New Orleans, a city built on the edge of a river in the middle of a swamp.

• Learn about the history, the people, and the architecture built during the antebellum period of New Orleans.

• Traverse through the Historic Faubourg Livaudais and bear witness to the magnificent homes built from the economies of sugarcane, cotton, tobacco, and indigo.

• Learn about the history of the Cultural capital of the United States shortly before the Civil War. 

• Learn how the laws that originally ruled the colony (and later state) would help contribute to how the South was built, as well as those who would help redefine what America could become

• Visit historic sites i.e. the 3rd oldest cemetery in the Lafayette Cemetery #1, the Cornstalk Fence House, the first house in the Historic Garden District with indoor plumbing, the Manning's Mansion, John Goodman's home, 

• Your guide will escort you on a short walking excursion from the historic marker at the corner of Prytania and Washington Ave. through the Faubourg Livaudais ending exactly where your journey began

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INCLUDED

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• Highly trained and skilled Local English-speaking guide

 

EXCLUDED

• Drinks

• Food

• Tips/gratuities for your guide

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