Courthouse in state of disrepair, 1900

ID: 2346

This file appears in: The Old Federal Courthouse: Present Day Andrew Jackson Hotel

Note the distinctive “cornstalk” cast iron fence adjoining the courthouse. This is the site of the Cornstalk Hotel.

Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum

This file appears in: The Old Federal Courthouse: Present Day Andrew Jackson Hotel

The Old Federal Courthouse: Present Day Andrew Jackson Hotel

By Mary Ann Wegmann, The Law Library of Louisiana, University of New Orleans History Department & Louisiana State Museum

The Andrew Jackson French Quarter Hotel, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located at 919 Royal Street, the former site of the old United States courthouse where Major General Andrew Jackson was indicted for contempt of court…