Old Federal Courthouse, 919 Royal Street

ID: 3022 ~ Source: Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum. ~ Date: ca. 1900

This file appears in: Former Home of Judge Francois-Xavier Martin

Neighboring property was the Federal Courthouse. General Andrew Jackson was fined $1,000 for contempt of court and obstruction of justice in this building in March 1815, two months after winning the Battle of New Orleans. The charges stemmed from the lengthy period of martial law General Jackson had enforced. The building was demolished by the early 1900s.

This file appears in: Former Home of Judge Francois-Xavier Martin

Former Home of Judge Francois-Xavier Martin

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

Judge Francois-Xavier Martin, a Louisiana Supreme Court judge for thirty-one years, from 1815 until his death in 1846, first acquired 915 Royal Street in 1818 for $7,500. At that time, a two-story…