What to see in America . again became a Frenchpossession in 1800 only to be sold three years later to theUnited States by Napoleon, who was fearful that he could nothold it against the English. The domain swept northwardto Canada and westward to the Pacific. The price paid was115,000,000. On Good Friday, 1788, a lighted candle in a home chapelfell against the lace draperies of the altar and started a firewhich in five hours reduced more than eight hundred build-ings to ashes. Six years later another destructive firecompleted the work of blotting out the French town, and theold New Orleans we n
What to see in America . again became a Frenchpossession in 1800 only to be sold three years later to theUnited States by Napoleon, who was fearful that he could nothold it against the English. The domain swept northwardto Canada and westward to the Pacific. The price paid was115,000,000. On Good Friday, 1788, a lighted candle in a home chapelfell against the lace draperies of the altar and started a firewhich in five hours reduced more than eight hundred build-ings to ashes. Six years later another destructive firecompleted the work of blotting out the French town, and theold New Orleans we now know is the Spanish city whichreplaced the other. In the more ancient part of the townthe streets generally have French or Spanish names, andthere is a distinctive French quarter inhabited by Creoles,__ where the build- f ^^^-^^ a« ^ ^ a^ j^gg hsive walls ofadobeandstucco, tiled roofs,arcades and bal-conies, and innercourts with plash-ing fountainsand semi-tropicalLake Pontchartrain plants. Fronting p 4 Louisiana 289. A Levee on JacksonSquare, formerlyknown as the PlacedArmes/is the most no-table of New Or-leans churches,the St. LouisCathedral, builtin 1794. Nearby is the Cabildo— the Spanish courthouse in colonial days, in which took place the trans-fer of Louisiana to the United States. Another buildingthat has marked historic interest is the Hotel Royal, erectedabout 1830, and for many years the leading hotel of theSouth. For a time it did service as the states Capitol. Inits rotunda is the old slave block where negroes were soldat auction to the highest bidder. At 514 Chartres Streetis the home of a wealthy merchant who conspired with aLouisiana pirate to make a sudden dash to the island of with a swift yacht and bear the imprisoned emperor,Napoleon, to liberty. He fitted his house up magnificentlyto serve as the emperors dwelling, but before the plotterswere ready to embark, news came of Napoleons death in1821. The Haunted House at 1140 Royal Street hasmany
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