The newly constructed Main Building at Thomy Lafon school in early April 1927

ID: 6410 ~ Source: Courtesy of New Orleans Public Library.

This file appears in: Locust Grove Cemeteries No. 1 and 2 and Thomy Lafon School

The newly constructed Main Building at Thomy Lafon school in early April 1927

Originally printed in the The Times-Picayune 1927

This file appears in: Locust Grove Cemeteries No. 1 and 2 and Thomy Lafon School

Locust Grove Cemeteries No. 1 and 2 and Thomy Lafon School

By By Macie Michalik, edited by Elizabeth Williams

Today the blocks bound by Magnolia, Seventh, Freret, and Sixth streets appear to be a vacant greenspace. However, for nearly a century, these two blocks housed the Thomy Lafon School complex. Originally built in 1906, the property operated as a…