The Old Absinthe House, 1909
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Electric streetcars passed in front of the Old Absinthe House in the early 1900s, as the tracks and electric overhead in the foreground indicate. General Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte allegedly met in a room on the second floor prior to the Battle of New Orleans.
Illinois Central Railroad
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Old Absinthe House and the Battle of New Orleans
The Old Absinthe House, a stucco building at the corner of Bourbon and Bienville Streets, is one of the oldest structures in New Orleans, dating to approximately 1806.
In the nineteenth century, the Old Absinthe House became famous for its…