Robinson Atlas (1883) Plates 12 and 13 Locust Grove Cemetery No. 1

ID: 6411 ~ Source: Courtesy Hon. Chelsey Richard Napoleon, Clerk of Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans.

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

Robinson Atlas (1883) Plates 12 and 13 Locust Grove Cemetery No. 1

Note the multiple other cemeteries closer to the river. The New Orleans Times, 1866, references Locust Grove Cemetery in comparison to Lafayette Cemetery Nos. 1 and 2 and the revenue collected from each through the sale of plots and vaults. January through June the city collected $52.75 relative to Locust Grove Cemetery compared to $7,696.18 collected from Lafayette Cemetery.

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…