Excerpt of Plat Map T 12 S R 11 E by E. Tobin (n.d.)

ID: 6386 ~ Source: Office of State Lands, Baton Rouge. ~ Date: Early twentieth century

This file appears in: Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2: Archaeological Investigations from 2000s

Excerpt of Plat Map T 12 S R 11 E by E. Tobin (n.d.)

The land that bound Charity Hospital Cemetery No. was sold to the New Orleans Land Co. in 1909, eventually to build Canal Boulevard, completed by 1937.

This file appears in: Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2: Archaeological Investigations from 2000s

Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2: Archaeological Investigations from 2000s

By By Elizabeth Williams

In the early 2000s, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) planned a route change to the streetcar line on Canal Street so that its terminus would extend to Canal Boulevard. By 2004, RTA hired Earth Search, Inc. (ESI), a local cultural…