Lafitte Cell, in the Courtyard of the Cabildo, 1950.

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This file appears in: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop and the Battle of New Orleans

Lafitte Cell, in the Courtyard of the Cabildo, 1950.

This prison cell was once believed to have held Jean Lafitte's brother Pierre after his arrest in 1814.

Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum

This file appears in: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop and the Battle of New Orleans

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop and the Battle of New Orleans

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

For many years, a bar called “Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop” has occupied this building at the corner of Bourbon Street and St. Philip Street. Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1970, Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop was built between 1772 and 1791…