St. Louis Cathedral

ID: 5499 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Tim Wilson. ~ Creator: Tim Wilson, Photographer ~ Date: 2019

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Built in 1850 as the third iteration of St. Louis Cathedral, the structure that stands today is the same that a young George Herriman visited during his childhood in New Orleans.

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St. Louis Cathedral aka Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis King of France and the Herriman Family

By Michael Tisserand

The first historical record of George Herriman Sr. — the cartoonist George Herriman’s grandfather — is the New Orleans Archdiocese’s confirmation records for St. Louis Cathedral on March 1, 1836. Among those confirmed that day was a young “George…