After Termite Infestation, Residence, Jackson Barracks

ID: 458 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of the Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library. ~ Date: 1941

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After Termite Infestation, Residence, Jackson Barracks

Note how much of the column the termites have destroyed, perhaps in a single season.

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Termites and Historic Preservation

By Alison Laurence, Sarah Waits & University of New Orleans History Department

While termites have lived and thrived in the world for over two hundred million years, the truly destructive subterranean Formosan termites did not arrive in New Orleans until after World War II, probably on a ship traveling from Asia. Formosan…