French Government House

ID: 3054 ~ Source: Louisiana State Museum ~ Date: 1815

This file appears in: Government House: First Louisiana Supreme Court Location, 1813-1818

The building opened in 1761 as the French Government House.

This file appears in: Government House: First Louisiana Supreme Court Location, 1813-1818

Government House: First Louisiana Supreme Court Location, 1813-1818

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

Government House, where the Louisiana Supreme Court met for approximately five years from March 1, 1813 until 1818, was located on the northeast corner of Levee (now Decatur) and Toulouse Streets in the French Quarter. Built by the French…