Article from the Boston Travelerdescribing the 1828 fire

ID: 3055 ~ Source: Boston Traveler, February 26, 1828. ~ Date: 1828

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

Article from the Boston Travelerdescribing the 1828 fire

A fire at a dry goods store next to the Government House brought the first seat of Louisiana's Supreme Court to an untimely end.

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…