"At Camp Street three blooming Century Plants."

ID: 5158 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the New Orleans Public Library, Alexander Allison Photograph Collection. ~ Creator: Alexander Allison ~ Date: 1950
This file appears in: Lafayette Square
"At Camp Street three blooming Century Plants."
This file appears in: Lafayette Square

By Emily Galik, Vicky Leung & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor
Lafayette Square is located in what is now known as the Central Business District. Previously home Bertrand Gravier's plantation, the land was divided in 1788 to create Faubourg Ste. Marie, New Orleans’ first suburb. Lafayette Square is the…