A classroom at Thomy Lafon elementary school, 1930,

ID: 6414 ~ Creator: Courtesy of New Orleans Public Library

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

A classroom at Thomy Lafon elementary school, 1930,

Louisiana Division Photograph Collection

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…