"Tomb of Marie Leveau [sic], Voodoo Queen, New Orleans"

ID: 5844 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1958.85.376. ~ Date: Between 1910 and 1915

This file appears in: The Ancestors: Marie Laveau's Tomb

"Tomb of Marie Leveau [sic], Voodoo Queen, New Orleans"

This file appears in: The Ancestors: Marie Laveau's Tomb

The Ancestors: Marie Laveau's Tomb

By August Darbonne & Kathryn O'Dwyer, editor

St. Louis Cemetery #1 on Basin Street, once outside the city limits, is the oldest existing cemetery in New Orleans. Towering above-ground tombs remind visitors of New Orleans’ high water table and French heritage. It is in this cemetery that our…