Emily found some illustrations of our venue Race and Religious from 1847 with the help of the Notarial Archives in New Orleans. Fifteen years after this illustration was made, the Union Army would overtake New Orleans, then the largest city in the South. The New Orleans real estate market used to use beautiful watercolors and illustrations to sell property, and luckily they are archived at the Notarial Archives.
In 1977 an artist named Granville Semmes purchased the property and started a 30 year renovation project. He pored over archival materials to figure out who might have lived there and was able to salvage much of the details. What stands now is a beautifully revived piece of New Orleans architecture.
In 1977 an artist named Granville Semmes purchased the property and started a 30 year renovation project. He pored over archival materials to figure out who might have lived there and was able to salvage much of the details. What stands now is a beautifully revived piece of New Orleans architecture.