Tearing down the Old Charity Hospital, late 1930s
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Demolishing the Old Charity Hospital to make way for the new $12.5 million dollar structure.
Courtesy of Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library
This file appears in: Building Charity Hospital, Architect Leon Weiss
Building Charity Hospital, Architect Leon Weiss
Leon C. Weiss was a well-known Louisiana architect whose firm Weiss, Dreyfous and Seiferth designed many significant public buildings and other structures throughout Louisiana.
Governor Huey P.…