Rising Sun Excavation Unit 4

ID: 4767 ~ Source: Earth Search, Inc., and the University of New Orleans Department of Anthropology

This file appears in: The Rising Sun Hotel

The profile of Unit #4 displays some of the important components of the site. The layer of brick rubble about halfway down the wall is associated with the destruction of the Rising Sun Hotel.

This file appears in: The Rising Sun Hotel

The Rising Sun Hotel

By Alahna Moore & Charlotte Willcox, editor

Many visitors to New Orleans are familiar with the song “The House of the Rising Sun,” made popular by the English band The Animals in 1967. The song itself has roots far back in English folk…